Reminiscences On Surgery History And Humanities

Author : Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780429089701
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences on Surgery, History and Humanities written by Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of medical history in the annals of surgery has been frequently underemphasized. There is so much we can learn from the deeds and examples of our predecessors. There is so much we can admire in their lives and contributions. There is so much we can use to guide our professional development.Our principal objective is to reach the minds and hearts of all students of surgery. This encompasses medical students interested in surgery, surgical residents learning the discipline, faculty surgeons teaching young generations of future specialists, and the practicing surgeons who are making a difference in the community. Additionally, and as importantly, this book attempts to reach students of history in general and those interested in the history and philosophy of surgery in particular.Our lofty wish is for this book to reach the halls of academia as well as the surgical floors of general hospitals where students, residents, and staff surgeons attend their pre and postoperative patients. Our ultimate desire is that this work will appear during grand rounds and will be a constant companion in the pockets of surgical residents. We further hope that faculty members will frequently test those residents on the extraordinary value of the history of surgery and the wonderful ascent of this prestigious field of medicine.This book introduces writings on the history and philosophy of surgery that previously appeared in the Journal of Investigative Surgery. These writings were selected and organized after careful analysis to include those works that demonstrated the best cohesive unit in telling about the evolution of surgery and its masters. When necessary we made corrections and added references as appeared to be required.We hope these writings will present those who read them with encouraging and realistic views of the incredible feats realized by the pioneers of surgery. We welcome new ideas and suggestions the reader might have in improving future editions of this study on the history of surgery.

Author : Luis Horacio Toledo-Pereyra
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498713858
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences on Surgery, History and Humanities written by Luis Horacio Toledo-Pereyra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of medical history in the annals of surgery has been frequently underemphasized. There is so much we can learn from the deeds and examples of our predecessors. There is so much we can admire in their lives and contributions. There is so much we can use to guide our professional development.This book introduces writings on the history

Author : Luis Horacio Toledo-Pereyra
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 149871384X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation and Discovery on Surgery, History and Humanities written by Luis Horacio Toledo-Pereyra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great advances in a medical or surgical discipline originate from courageous and unabashed, committed professionals who are fearless in exploring new avenues of management or treatment. Great advances in the chosen field are dependent on those who think and practice innovation and discovery. Great advances in selected or wide areas of medicine or s

Author : Luis H Toledo-pereyra
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9813108061
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surgical Revolutions: A Historical And Philosophical View written by Luis H Toledo-pereyra and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-07-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many surgical revolutions distinguish the history and evolution of surgery. Some are small, others more dominant, but each revolution improves the art and science of surgery. Surgical revolutionaries are indispensable in the conception and completion of any surgical revolution, initiating scientific and technological advances that propel surgical practice forward. Surgical revolutionaries can come in the guises of Lister (antisepsis), Halsted (surgical residency and safe surgery), Cushing (safe brain surgery), Wangensteen (gastrointestinal physiological surgery), Blalock (relief of cyanotic heart disease), Lillehei (open heart surgery), and many others. With the hindsight of history, we can recognize patterns of progress, evaluate means of advancing new ideas, and solidify details of innovative behavior that could lead to new surgical revolutions.This volume examines the following vital questions in detail: What is a surgical revolution and how do we recognize one? Are surgical revolutionaries different? Is there a way to educate new surgical revolutionaries? Can history provide enduring examples of surgical revolutions? Are there different kinds of surgical revolutions? What characterizes a surgical revolution in the context of science and technology? What surgical revolutions are on the horizon?

Author : Ingemar J.A. Davidson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498712991
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Access for Dialysis written by Ingemar J.A. Davidson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is intended as a guide to common diagnostic, operative and percutaneous techniques used in creating and maintaining vascular access for hemodialysis. When writing the text, the authors have focused on surgeons in training, fellows, interventional radiologists and clinically active nephrologists. Dialysis nurses and other clinicians

Author : Harold Ellis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521127820
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operations that Made History written by Harold Ellis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notable surgeon and charismatic teacher himself, Professor Ellis has brought together in Operations that Made History a fascinating collection of renowned surgical procedures, each one illustrating a different aspect of the history of surgery. The first section of the book looks at examples of surgical procedures which have made a major contribution to the history of surgery, such as the first successful gastrectomy, performed in Vienna over a hundred years ago by Theodor Billroth. Some operations, whilst in themselves minor procedures, have nevertheless had a massive impact on the history of surgery. These are grouped together in the second section. In the final part of the book, Professor Ellis focuses on the famous patient, such as Nelson and George IV. In surgery, as in fields of human activity, history is forgotten at our peril. Operations that Made History gives its readers a unique insight into a remarkable speciality, using the lessons of history to instruct as well as amuse.

Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393242447
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science) written by Roy Porter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999-10-17 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of the history of medicine affords us an opportunity as never before to assess its culture and science and its costs and benefits to mankind. Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, covering ground from the diseases of the hunter-gatherers to the more recent threats of AIDS and Ebola, from the clearly defined conviction of the Hippocratic oath to the muddy ethical dilemmas of modern-day medicine. Offering up a treasure trove of historical surprises along the way, this book "has instantly become the standard single-volume work in its field" (The Lancet).

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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book Vignettes on Surgery, History and Humanities written by Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces writings on the history and philosophy of surgery that previously appeared in the Journal of Investigative Surgery. It attempts to reach students of history in general and those interested in the history and philosophy of surgery in particular.

Author : Jie Jack Li
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195345766
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor written by Jie Jack Li and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories behind drug discovery are fascinating, full of human and scientific interest. This is a book on the history of drug discovery that highlights the intellectual splendor of discoverers as well as the human frailty associated them. History is replete with examples of breakthrough medicines that have saved millions of lives. Ether as an anesthetic by Morton; penicillin as an antibiotic by Fleming; and insulin as an anti-diabetic by Banting are just a few examples. The discoverers of these medicines are doubtlessly benefactors to mankind--for instance, without penicillin, 75% of us probably would not be alive because some of our parents or grandparents would have succumbed to infections. Dr. Jack Li, a medicinal chemist who is intimately involved with drug discovery, has assembled an astounding amount of facts and information behind important drugs through extensive literature research and interviews with many inventors of the drugs including Viagra and Lipitor. There have been many myths and inaccuracies associated with those legendary drugs. The inventors perspectives afforded this book an invaluable accuracy and insight because history is not history unless it is true. The text is supplemented by many anecdotes, pictures and postage stamps. Both specialist and layman will find Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor informative and entertaining. Students in chemistry, pharmacy, and medicine, workers in healthcare and high school science teachers will find this book most useful.