Medicine : Perspectives in History and Art.

XIII, 596 S. : Ill., mit zahlr. farbigen Abbildungen / Fotos, Zustand: geringe Gebrauchs- u. Lagerspuren, sehr gutes Exemplar. Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-583), One cannot help but be inspired by the discoveries of brilliant medical pioneers in their efforts to save lives and ease suffering. Also stunning are the creations of the most imaginative and gifted artisans, whether on canvas with oil, on parchment with verse, or in the foundry with metal and ivory. Illustrated here is the fine craftsmanship exhibited by those observing and participating in medical care throughout the ages - care that often preceded the evolution of medicine into a science. At the same time, however, the tragedy of infection and death caused by surgical sets that were not sterile, and the frustration of physicians repeating ineffective therapeutic regimens based on-tradition rather than on science cannot be overlooked. Medicine: Perspectives in History and Art is the story of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and quackery revealed through art, anecdote, and instrumentation. This is not, however, a comprehensive history of medicine and art nor is it a catalogue of antiques; that information may be found elsewhere. This-book is intended to allow you to experience medicine personally through the quotes, letters and art of physicians, patients, nurses, writers, painters, and poets who encountered terrible diseases that, for the most part, have disappeared from the pages of modern medical texts. Included here are great discoveries and controversies along with the blunders, deceptions, and tragedies participated in by inspiring heroes, as well as by opportunistic scoundrels. The purpose of this book is to return a voice not only to those who made significant contributions to our present medical understanding, but to those whose suffering helped guide the hand of their struggling physicians so that they might discover some of the lifesaving cures we enjoy today. R 3 K ISBN 9780972448604

Robert E. Greenspan, Medicine, Perspectives in History and Art, Geschichte der Medizin