Diagnosing Giants - Solving Medical Mysteries of Thirteen Patients Who Changed World

Zusatztext The book's strenghts are the close attention to historical context, careful sifting of conflicting evidence based on incomplete data, consideration of the logic and utility of disease concepts accross cultures and centuries, and instructive speculation by a thoughtful, knowledgeable clinician-historian. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Klappentext This book provides an overview of the history of medicine through a discussion of the mysterious illnesses of thirteen patients who changed the world. The disorders of famous historical figures from King Tut to Eleanor Roosevelt are used as platforms to trace the evolution of medical concepts from the time of the ancient pharaohs to the present. Zusammenfassung This book provides an overview of the history of medicine through a discussion of the mysterious illnesses of thirteen patients who changed the world. The disorders of famous historical figures from King Tut to Eleanor Roosevelt are used as platforms to trace the evolution of medical concepts from the time of the ancient pharaohs to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mummy's Curse 2. A Last Repast 3. Little Boots 4. Noble Enemy 5. "Interred at the Least Possible Expense" 6. El Sordo 7. A Medical Labyrinth 8. Old Jack 9. Mortal Wound 10. Voyage to Invalidism 11. Vessels of Stone 12. Fatal Zest for Living 13. "Too Busy to be Sick"

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• Authors: Philip A Mackowiak, Philip A. Mackowiak, Philip A. (Professor and Vice Chairman Mackowiak, Mackowiak Philip A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2013
• EAN: 9780199937776
• ISBN: 978-0-19-993777-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, MEDICAL / Diagnosis, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Genetics, Popular medicine & health, History of Medicine, Medical Genetics, Popular medicine and health, Medical Diagnosis