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Moments of Truth: Four Creators of Modern Medici... by Dormandy, Thomas Hardback
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- ISBN
- 0470863218
- EAN
- 9780470863213
- Release Title
- Moments of Truth: Four Creators of Modern Medicine: Four Creat...
- Artist
- Dormandy, Thomas
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- Book Title
- Moments of Truth: Four Creators of Modern Medicine: Four Creat...
- Subject Area
- Medical, History
- Publication Name
- Moments of Truth : Four Creators of Modern Medicine
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Subject
- Physicians, World, History
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.9 in
- Item Weight
- 28.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470863218
ISBN-13
9780470863213
eBay Product ID (ePID)
154304361
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Publication Name
Moments of Truth : Four Creators of Modern Medicine
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Physicians, World, History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Medical, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
28.1 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
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LCCN
2004-298929
Reviews
"it is very readable." (The Camden New Journal, 25 March 2004) " an enjoyable book." (Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, March 04) " very readable". (Islington Tribune, 26 March 2004) "Dormandy skilfully interweaves the work of the four men with the academic, political, and medical intrigues of their time." (British Medical Journal, June 04) "original and absorbing, quirky and engaging writing style, warmly recommend it as a biography, history, and a cracking good read" (Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, July 2004) "I enjoyed this book. The life-and-death business of medicine is well- nigh irresistible". (Nature, 26th August 2004) "...removes some of the fearsome mystique surrounding the issue..." (Fraserburgh Herald, 22 nd April 2005) "...a pleasure to read...fresh and stimulating, judicious but unafraid of bracing judgement." (Endeavour, Vol.29, No.2, June 2005), "it is very readable."(The Camden New Journal, 25 March 2004) " an enjoyable book". (Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, March 2004) "very readable". (Islington Tribune, 26 March 2004) "original and absorbing, quirky and engaging writing style, warmly recommend it as a biography, history, and a cracking good read". (Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, July 2004) "I enjoyed this book. The life-and-death business of medicine is well- nigh irresistible". (Nature, 26th August 2004) "...removes some of the fearsome mystique surrounding the issue..." (Fraserburgh Herald, 22nd April 2005) "...a pleasure to read...fresh and stimulating, judicious but unafraid of bracing judgement." (Endeavour, Vol.29, No.2, June 2005)
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
610/.92/2
Synopsis
Who were the scientific geniuses behind some of the most innovative and important discoveries in modern medicine? Medical science in the 21st century is continuing to advance, but the character of that advancement is now governed by research teams and committees. Yet in the 19th century - a century when there were many great individual discoveries in medicine - the contributions of four individuals in particular accelerated developments in each of the main branches of medicine. This medical history by Thomas Dormandy focuses on these four individuals and their "moments of truth" - Laennec, a French physician; Semmelweis, a Hungarian obstetrician; Lister, a Scottish surgeon; and Walter Reed, an American army pathologist. They are not well known, compared with their contemporaries in other walks of life, yet their moments of truth transformed the lives of millions. Thomas Dormandy is a retired consultant pathologist (MD, PhD, DSc, FRCS, FRCPath). He is the author of over 300 scientific papers and two books aimed at a general readership, The White Death: A History of Turberculosis , which was short listed for the Aventis prize and RMS book of the month, and Old Masters , a work of art history., Arguing that modern medicine is finally a story of individual talent—and the revelatory "moment of truth"—that transforms both scientist and the science of medicine, this fascinating book focuses on four figures who, at critical times during the course of a century, brought medicine a quantum leap forward., In the early eighteenth century admission to hospital was often a death sentence and operations little more than excruciating butchery. Thomas Dormandy recounts in vivid detail the lives of four men who helped to change this and who created modern medicine and surgery. They are: Rene Laennec (1781- 1826) a French physician, who invented the stethoscope and virtually created modern physical diagnosis. He worked tirelessly to give his patients not only health but also dignity and hope until he himself succumbed to the greatest killer of his age, tuberculosis. Ignác Semmelweis (1818- 1865) a brilliant but volatile Hungarian, who discovered why so many young women died in agony following childbirth. He himself died forsaken by all in a mental hospital. Joseph Lister (1827- 1912) a British surgeon, who recognised the cause of 'hospital sepsis' and devised a way to combat it. It opened the way to modern surgery. A great Victorian, he was high-minded, hard-working and compassionate but not without human weaknesses. Walter Reed (1851- 1902) an American army pathologist, who discovered that Yellow Fever, a massive killer, was spread by mosquitoes. This gripping narrative describes the world in which they lived and their moments of truth., Who were the scientific geniuses behind some of the most innovative and important discoveries in modern medicine? Medical science in the 21st century is continuing to advance, but the character of that advancement is now governed by research teams and committees. Yet in the 19th century - a century when there were many great individual discoveries in medicine - the contributions of four individuals in particular accelerated developments in each of the main branches of medicine. This medical history by Thomas Dormandy focuses on these four individuals and their "moments of truth" - Laennec, a French physician; Semmelweis, a Hungarian obstetrician; Lister, a Scottish surgeon; and Walter Reed, an American army pathologist. They are not well known, compared with their contemporaries in other walks of life, yet their moments of truth transformed the lives of millions. Thomas Dormandy is a retired consultant pathologist (MD, PhD, DSc, FRCS, FRCPath). He is the author of over 300 scientific papers and two books aimed at a general readership, The White Death: A History of Turberculosis , which was short listed for the Aventis prize and RMS book of the month, and Old Masters , a work of art history.
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