Bad medicine : doctors doing harm since Hippocrates
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : David Wootton
- ناشر : Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780192803559
Description
INTRODUCTION: BAD MEDICINE/BETTER MEDICINE; PART ONE: THE HIPPOCRATIC TRADITION; 1. Hippocrates and Galen; 2. Ancient Anatomy; 3. The Canon; 4. The Senses; CONCLUSION TO PART I: THE PLACEBO EFFECT; PART TWO: REVOLUTION POSTPONED; 5. Vesalius and Dissection; 6. Harvey and Vivisection; 7. The Invisible World; CONCLUSION TO PART II: TRUST NOT THE PHYSICIAN; PART THREE: MODERN MEDICINE; 8. Counting; 9. Birth of the Clinic; 10. The Laboratory; 11. John Snow and Colera; 12. Puerperal Fever; 13. Joseph Lister and Antiseptic Surgery; 14. Alexander Fleming and Penicillin; CONCLUSION TO PART III: PROGRESS DELAYED; PART FOUR: AFTER CONTAGION; 15. Doll, Bradford Hill, and Lung Cancer; 16. Death Deferred; Conclusion
Taking a look at the history of medicine, this book argues that for more than 2300 years doctors have relied on their patients' misplaced faith in their ability to cure. It illustrates that, throughout history, bad medical practice has often been deeply entrenched and stubbornly resistant to evidence
