Medicine and the reign of technology
By: Stanley Joel Reiser.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Medicine -- History; Medical technology -- History; Diagnosis -- History; Medical innovations -- Social aspects; Technology, Medical; Diagnosis -- Instrumentation
Description: Based chiefly on material from primary sources, this book describes some technological advances made in the art and practice of medicine during the past three centuries and shows how these advances have altered the methods of diagnosing illness.-publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 279-307.
Includes index.