Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review“The new publication by Sibylle Scholtz, Myriam Becker, Lee MacMorris and Achim Langenbucher ‘Curiosities in Medicine’, offers a very good opportunity. The book, which you hardly want to put down, tells episodes from the history of medicine that are memorable, with ophthalmology being well represented. … One has to force oneself to stop at this point. Rather offer this advice: Buy this book and enjoy it!” (Ronald D. Gerste, EC Ophthalmology, Vol. 14 (8), August, 2023)
Table of ContentsAlhazen.-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.
