White Coat Tales
Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures
(Sprache: Englisch)
This new edition of White Coat Tales presents intriguing stories that give historical context to what we do in medicine today-the body's "holy bone" and how it got its name, a surprising reason why gout seemed to be so prevalent several centuries ago, and...
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This new edition of White Coat Tales presents intriguing stories that give historical context to what we do in medicine today-the body's "holy bone" and how it got its name, a surprising reason why gout seemed to be so prevalent several centuries ago, and the therapeutic misadventure that shortened the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to many new tales, this revised edition contains 128 illustrations, such as images of Baron von Münchhausen aloft with cannonballs and Vincent van Gogh's portrait of his doctor showing a clue to the painter's health. Read about legendary medical innovators, diseases that changed history, illnesses of famous persons, and some epic blunders of physicians and scientists. The author is Robert B. Taylor, MD, Emeritus Professor, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, and Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Taylor is the author and editor of more than 33 medical books. To see Dr. Taylor lecture on the history of medicine, go here: https://youtu.be/Zx4yaUyaPRA
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Part One: Heroes, Diseases and Remedies.- Heroes in Medical History.- Diseases that Shaped History.- Drugs and Other Remedies.- Part Two: The Heritage and Culture of Medicine.- Medical Words and Phrases.- Whose Syndrome? Stories of Medical Eponyms.- Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms, Euphemisms, Jargon and Slang.- Medical Aphorisms.- Memorable Medical Quotations.- Part Three: Clinical Notes and Medical Misadventures.- Famous Persons as Patients.- Short Tales of Serendipity, Curiosities, Medical Trivia, Authorship and Speculation.- Medical Myths, Misinformation, Blunders and Wrongdoing.- Now and Future Practice.Autoren-Porträt von Robert B. Taylor
Robert B. Taylor, MD Department of Family Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
School of Medicine
Portland, OR
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Robert B. Taylor
- 2016, 2. Aufl., XXIX, 328 Seiten, 91 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319290533
- ISBN-13: 9783319290539
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.04.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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