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2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-Fiction The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how...

Discover how Esther Ouwehand (Dutch Party for the Animals) sets out the root causes of the corona pandemic and provides solutions for preventing the rise of new pandemic threats.

« Ces enfants aux vies minuscules laissent une empreinte immense, qui transforme à jamais ceux qui ont eu le privilège de les connaître. Leurs existences brèves nous habitent, leurs absences nous façonnent. Et il est temps de dire combien, dans leur fragilité, leurs vies sont grandes, et à quel point, ils nous manquent. » Être sage-femme, c'est accompagner les naissances, être au cœur de la vie qui vient. Mais c'est aussi parfois accueillir la mort à l'aube de la vie.

Перед вами история доказательной медицины XVI–XX вв., изложенная в форме кратких рассказов. В книге описаны как хорошо знакомые, так и совершенно неизвестные факты. Врачи-исследователи, врачи-новаторы, врачи-писатели, врачи-пациенты, врачи-политики–все они совершали удивительные открытия и подвиги ради сохранения жизни пациентов.

For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures around the world, the heart—not the brain—was believed to be the location of intelligence, memory, emotion, and the soul. Over time, views on the purpose of the heart have transformed. Modern medicine and science dismissed what was once the king of the organs as a mere blood pump subservient to the brain, yet the heart remains a potent symbol of love and health and an important part of our cultural iconography.

This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface addresses the global threat of COVID-19. In a clear and accessible style, Frank M. Snowden reveals the ways that diseases have not only influenced medical science and public health, but also transformed the arts, religion, intellectual history, and warfare.

Medicine and Religion is the first book to comprehensively examine the relationship between medicine and religion in the Western tradition from ancient times to the modern era. Beginning with the earliest attempts to heal the body and account for the meaning of illness in the ancient Near East, historian Gary B. Ferngren describes how the polytheistic religions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have complemented medicine in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods.

Álvaro Carmona entrelaza medicina y arte para desvelar las historias de las patologías representadas en las obras maestras. Los cuadros pueden esconder una dolencia, un síntoma o una vida atravesada por la fragilidad del cuerpo… si sabes dónde mirar. Álvaro Carmona nos guía a través de...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue...

In The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research, celebrated medievalist Dorsey Armstrong shares the fascinating new story of this old pandemic—revealed by dedicated researchers working with 21st-century technologies and a knowledge of language and history that now provide input from all geographic areas of the medieval world. In seven engaging lectures, Professor Armstrong corrects explanations of the pandemic that are now known to be inaccurate and offers a more robust description of plague biology than has ever been known.

When surgeons completed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. Never before had a dead man’s limb been grafted onto the living, and the possibilities for amputees, accident victims, and those born with congenital defects were nothing short of extraordinary. But the patient they chose—Clint Hallam, a businessman from New Zealand who longed to hold both of his children’s hands, embrace his wife, and play the piano again—wasn’t who he claimed to be.

The 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy lives locally but also to capture the imagination and terrify the world. In 2019 and the years that followed, the coronavirus pandemic infected every continent and took the lives of millions. In this updated edition, Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, illustrating how pandemic disease has shaped history and, at the same time, social behavior has influenced pandemic disease.

This book is a comprehensive guide that educates individuals on how to maintain good health and hygiene during times of war and peace. It deals a lot with personal health and hygiene. Amazingly enough much of the information hasn't changed since this was published in 1917. It is a great resource...

Always help, or at least do no harm." Following this simple yet revolutionary idea, Hippocrates laid the foundation for modern medicine over two millennia ago. From the Hippocratic Oath to the human genome, from Pasteur's germ theory to the worldwide eradication of smallpox, Medical Firsts brings to life 2,500 years of medical advances and discoveries. Organized chronologically, the book describes each milestone in a vivid capsule history, making it a fascinating and wonderfully listenable resource for anyone interested in medicine's past progress and future promise.

Did you know... Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet. Working with pigs can raise your risk of appendicitis. The Catholic Church has patron saints for many conditions, including hernias and syphilis. In 18th-century New York, eight people were killed and many more wounded during three days of anti-doctor riots. Doctors Killed George Washington reveals these and other stories of accidental medical discoveries, medical follies, bizarre cures, and more.

Das Wort Placebo – zunächst ein Fachwort der medizinischen Forschung – ist aus dem Sprachgebrauch nicht mehr wegzudenken. Der Placebo-Effekt zeigt, dass es eine durch ein Placebo hervorgerufene physiologische Wirkung geben kann; und solch ein Placebo kann sogar nicht nur zu positiven Effekten führen, sondern es kann auch negative (unerwünschte) Wirkungen erzeugen. Die Wirkmechanismen sind durch die Forschung für beide Begriffe längst erfasst. Darüber hinaus wirken Placebos und Nocebos sogar außerhalb der Medizin: in der Musik und im Sport sowie ganz besonders in der Werbung und im Konsum.

Wir träumen. Jede Nacht. Fast ein Viertel unseres Lebens verbringen wir im Schlaf, versunken in Bilder, Gefühle und Geschichten aus unserem Innersten. Bei Träum weiter trifft Host Teresa Sickert führende Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus der Hirn- und Schlafforschung und aus der Psychologie, um den Fragen zum Träumen auf den Grund zu gehen. Was passiert wirklich in unserem Kopf, wenn wir träumen? Welche Bedeutung haben Träume? Und wie können wir dieses verborgene Potenzial für unseren Alltag nutzen?

The gripping, untold stories of three unsung Black physicians and their critical contributions to the field of medicine and American culture, from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Medical Apartheid Between 1847 and 1952, three New York City doctors transformed medicine...

The untold story of Albert Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine and became a controversial public health advocate for children worldwide Jonas Salk may be the name most associated with the polio vaccine, but it was Albert Sabin's oral vaccine that made the goal of global eradication of...

Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, though, instructors realized that they needed many more cadavers to serve a growing number of medical students. Enter the “resurrectionists”–body snatchers. Resurrectionists were a cruel lot; men (almost always men and often medical students themselves) who would sneak into a cemetery under the cover of darkness, remove a body, and then sell it to a physician or anatomist–usually for around $100.