Curiosities in medicine : alphabetically / Sibylle Scholtz, Myriam Becker, Lee MacMorris, Achim Langenbucher.
Scholtz, S. (Sibylle); Becker, M. (Myriam); MacMorris, Lee.; Langenbucher, Achim.
2023
R131
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Title Curiosities in medicine : alphabetically / Sibylle Scholtz, Myriam Becker, Lee MacMorris, Achim Langenbucher.
Author Scholtz, S. (Sibylle)
ISBN 9783031140020 (electronic bk.)
3031140028 (electronic bk.)
9783031140013 (print)
303114001X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14002-0
Publication Details Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (242 p.)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-14002-0 doi
Call Number R131
Dewey Decimal Classification 610.9
Summary This anthology is devoted to the curious side of Medical History. Carl Sagan said: "You have to know the past to understand the present." This collection of 80 short stories, written by experts in the field, inspires curiosity and provides a detailed look at the History of Medicine. It investigates many topics, including ancient Egyptian knowledge, the fundamental importance of toothache and how it birthed Anesthesia, and why and when women were allowed to run marathons. The authors report on the background of rubber gloves, the stethoscope and the intraocular lens. Historically important biographies are included, such as those of Arthur Conan Doyle, Napoleon Bonaparte and Claude Monet. The book is relevant for those interested in Medicine and its curious history. .
Note 44: Kirschner. The Pain Went Away
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 9, 2023).
Added Author Becker, M. (Myriam)
MacMorris, Lee.
Langenbucher, Achim.
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Intro
Foreword
Preface
Contents
1: Alhazen. Madness to Mosque
Further Reading
2: Apple. Ocular Pathology and David J. Apple
Further Reading
3: Atropos. The Terrible Daughter
Further Reading
4: Auenbrugger. Thumping to Tapping
Further Reading
5: Bach. God Listens When the Angels Play Bach
Further Reading
6: Barbieri. Il Guercino (The Cross-Eyed)
Further Reading
7: Berger. A Tiny Space with Big Implications
Further Reading
8: Biometry. Calculating the Human Eye
Further Reading
9: Bleuler. From "Madness" to Modern Psychiatry

Further Reading
10: Borodin: Science, Music and the Eye
Further Reading
11: Brandström. The Angel of Siberia
Further Reading
12: Braille. Braille Brings "Light" into Darkness
Further Reading
13: Bruegel. Art, the Bible and the Blind
Further Reading
14: Cassatt. An Insight into Her Eyesight
Further Reading
15: Chinin: Famous Men and the Lady
Further Reading
16: Couching Cataracts: Just push it down!
Further Reading
17: Credé. Credé, a Baby, and Silver Nitrate
Further Reading
18: Diabetes. A New Life
Further Reading

19: Doyle. Crime and Medicine
Further Reading
20: Dunant. From Riches to Rags
Further Reading
21: Ether. The Birth of Modern Anesthesia: The Death of Friendships
Further Reading
22: Eye Banking. Eye Banking and the Lions
Further Reading
23: Fercher. A Quantum Leap in Modern Cataract Surgery
Further Reading
24: Finger Print. Your Skin and Your Identity
Further Reading
25: Football for the Blind. If You Hear "Voy!" Watch Out!
Further Reading
26: Franklin. From Reading Stones to Bifocals
Further Reading

27: Glass Eyes. Sammy Davies Jr, Peter Falk, and Dr. Heinrich Adelmann: What do they have in common?
Further Reading
28: Goethe. Genius Gone Wrong?
Further Reading
29: Guide Dogs. The Four-Footed Eyes of the Blind
Further Reading
30: El Greco. A Hundred Years of Fallacies
Further Reading
31: Gullstrand. Ophthalmologist Wins Nobel Prize
Further Reading
32: Gustav II. Adolf. Myopia, Oh My!
Further Reading
33: Haidinger. The Mystery in the Eye
Haidinger and the Vikings
Further Reading
34: Haldane. Blood and Breath
Further Reading

35: Hales. The Doctor and His Horse
Further Reading
36: Halsted. A Glove for Love
Further Reading
37: Helmholtz. How to "See" the Back of the Eye
Further Reading
38: Hysteria. Hysteria and the Hammer
Further Reading
39: IOL Material. A Cloudy World is Cleared
Further Reading
40: IOL Power Calculation
Further Reading
41: Iry. Egypt 2400 BCE: Iry
The First Known Ophthalmologist
Further Reading
42: Jersey. 33 Meters Below the Surface
Further Reading
43: Jung-Stilling. The Castle, the Ghost and, the Ophthalmologist
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