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Beschreibung
This anthology is devoted to the curious side of Medical History. Carl Sagan said: ¿You have to know the past to understand the present.¿ This collection of 80 short stories, written by experts in the field, inspires curiosity and provides a detailed look at the History of Medicine.

It investigates many topics, including ancient Egyptian knowledge, the fundamental importance of toothache and how it birthed Anesthesia, and why and when women were allowed to run marathons. The authors report on the background of rubber gloves, the stethoscope and the intraocular lens. Historically important biographies are included, such as those of Arthur Conan Doyle, Napoleon Bonaparte and Claude Monet.

The book is relevant for those interested in Medicine and its curious history.
This anthology is devoted to the curious side of Medical History. Carl Sagan said: ¿You have to know the past to understand the present.¿ This collection of 80 short stories, written by experts in the field, inspires curiosity and provides a detailed look at the History of Medicine.

It investigates many topics, including ancient Egyptian knowledge, the fundamental importance of toothache and how it birthed Anesthesia, and why and when women were allowed to run marathons. The authors report on the background of rubber gloves, the stethoscope and the intraocular lens. Historically important biographies are included, such as those of Arthur Conan Doyle, Napoleon Bonaparte and Claude Monet.

The book is relevant for those interested in Medicine and its curious history.
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Zusammenfassung

Presents unknown curiosities in the history of medicine

Provides novel insights to the field of medical history

Covers unique historic happenings in a concise and entertaining manner

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Alhazen.- Apple.- Auenbrugger.- Atropos.- Bach.- Braille.- Barbieri.- Berger.-Borodin.- Bruegel.- Biometry.- Bleuler.- Brändström.- Cassatt.- Credé.- Chinin.- daVinci.- Doyle.- Dunant.- Ether.-Eye Banking.- El Greco.- Franklin.- Fiat lux.- Football.- Fercher.- Finger Print.- Gullstrand.- Gustav II.- Guie Dogs.- Glass Eyes.- Goethe-.Helmholtz.- Haidinger.- Halsted.- Haldane.- Hysteria.- Hales.- Iry.- IOL Power Calculation.- Jersey.- Kohl.- Korotkow.- Knwipp.- Kirschner.- Leprosis.- Laënnec.- Laser.- LSD.- Marfan.- Meyer- Schwickerath.- Monet.- Marathon.- Mann, Ida.- Material.- Napoleon.- Odilia.- OVDs.- Optography.- OCT.- Quincke.- Ridley.- Scopoli.- Santorio.- Sauerbruch.- Schweitzer.- Stilling.- Turner.- Ultrasound.- Visual Aids.- White Cane.- Wichterle.- Zirm.- Zamenhof.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Allgemeine Lexika
Genre: Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xiii
293 S.
ISBN-13: 9783031140013
ISBN-10: 303114001X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Scholtz, Sibylle
Langenbucher, Achim
Macmorris, Lee
Becker, Myriam
Auflage: 1st edition 2023
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Sibylle Scholtz (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2022
Gewicht: 0,685 kg
Artikel-ID: 122083841

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