Science and Technology in Medicine

Science and Technology in Medicine offers a window into the past to show how scientific and technologic discoveries over the last five centuries have impacted the practice of medicine. The book is a collection of 99 essays based on landmark publications from the medical literature. Each essay includes a summary of the article or chapter; text and images reproduced directly from the original source; a short biography of the author(s); and a discussion about the significance of the discovery and its subsequent influence on later developments. Original material by the likes of Dürer, Bernoulli, Doppler, Pasteur, Trendelenburg, Curie, and Röntgen offer readers a rare glimpse at publications housed in archives around the world. The book is richly illustrated with color throughout and makes a stunning presentation. Physicians and surgeons, biomedical engineers, scientists, physicists, chemists and medical historians will be fascinated by this unique book.

A rare glimpse at historic contributions to the medical literature throughout the past five centuries, Science and Technology in Medicine beautifully documents the origins of some of the most significant scientific and technologic discoveries Explains their impact on the practice and advancement of medicine Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Science and Technology in Medicine offers a window into the past to show how scientific and technologic discoveries over the last five centuries have impacted the practice of medicine. The book is a collection of 99 essays based on landmark publications from the medical literature. Each essay includes a summary of the article or chapter; text and images reproduced directly from the original source; a short biography of the author(s); and a discussion about the significance of the discovery and its subsequent influence on later developments. Original material by the likes of Dürer, Bernoulli, Doppler, Pasteur, Trendelenburg, Curie, and Röntgen offer readers a rare glimpse at publications housed in archives around the world. The book is richly illustrated with color throughout and makes a stunning presentation. Physicians and surgeons, biomedical engineers, scientists, physicists, chemists and medical historians will be fascinated by this unique book.

Résumé
The influence of science and technologic discoveries on medicine has profoundly impacted the way physicians practice and has resulted in an extended life expectancy and quality of life that our ancestors never dreamed possible.

Contenu
Dürer.- Paré.- Paracelsus.- Santorio.- Kepler.- Santorio.- Santorio.- Van Helmont.- Borel.- Wren.- Hooke.- Borelli.- Kircher.- Boyle.- Hauksbee.- Leeuwenhoek.- Hales.- Bernoulli.- Jallabert.- Black.- Scheele.- Priestley.- Kite.- Lavoisier.- Kempelen.- Volta.- Herschel.- Davy.- Sertürner.- Legendre.- Laennec.- Fourier.- Labarraque.- Civiale.- Poiseuille.- Dumas.- Magnus.- Daguerre.- Liebig.- Doppler.- Hutchinson.- Du Bois-Reymond.- Helmholtz.- Weber.- Helmholtz.- Fick.- Snow.- Czermak.- Kirchhoff.- Pasteur.- Hoppe-Seyler.- Marey.- Mendel.- Lister.- Maxwell.- Fick.- Trendelenburg.- Voit.- Bert.- Nitze.- Koch.- Arrhenius.- Van't Hoff.- Abbe.- Waller.- Curie.- Röntgen.- Riva-Rocci.- Thomson.- Curie.- Einthoven.- Fischer.- Tswett.- Fischer.- Ehrlich.- Laue.- Abel.- Staudinger.- Aston.- Carothers.- Van Slyke.- Zworykin.- Ruska.- Martin.- Eckert, Mauchly ENIAC.- Kolff.- Engström.- Watson, Crick.- Fant.- Edler, Hertz.- Elmquist, Senning.- Maiman.- Brånemark.- Damadian.- Hounsfield.- Lauterbur.- Wagner, West.- Kahn, Cerf.- Phelps.