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.
Author(s): Sibylle Scholtz, Myriam Becker, Lee MacMorris, Achim Langenbucher
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: Cham
Foreword
Preface
Contents
1: Alhazen. Madness to Mosque
Further Reading
2: Apple. Ocular Pathology and David J. Apple
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3: Atropos. The Terrible Daughter
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4: Auenbrugger. Thumping to Tapping
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5: Bach. God Listens When the Angels Play Bach
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6: Barbieri. Il Guercino (The Cross-Eyed)
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7: Berger. A Tiny Space with Big Implications
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8: Biometry. Calculating the Human Eye
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9: Bleuler. From “Madness” to Modern Psychiatry
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10: Borodin: Science, Music and the Eye
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11: Brandström. The Angel of Siberia
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12: Braille. Braille Brings “Light” into Darkness
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13: Bruegel. Art, the Bible and the Blind
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14: Cassatt. An Insight into Her Eyesight
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15: Chinin: Famous Men and the Lady
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16: Couching Cataracts: Just push it down!
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17: Credé. Credé, a Baby, and Silver Nitrate
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18: Diabetes. A New Life
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19: Doyle. Crime and Medicine
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20: Dunant. From Riches to Rags
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21: Ether. The Birth of Modern Anesthesia: The Death of Friendships
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22: Eye Banking. Eye Banking and the Lions
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23: Fercher. A Quantum Leap in Modern Cataract Surgery
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24: Finger Print. Your Skin and Your Identity
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25: Football for the Blind. If You Hear “Voy!” Watch Out!
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26: Franklin. From Reading Stones to Bifocals
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27: Glass Eyes. Sammy Davies Jr, Peter Falk, and Dr. Heinrich Adelmann: What do they have in common?
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28: Goethe. Genius Gone Wrong?
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29: Guide Dogs. The Four-Footed Eyes of the Blind
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30: El Greco. A Hundred Years of Fallacies
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31: Gullstrand. Ophthalmologist Wins Nobel Prize
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32: Gustav II. Adolf. Myopia, Oh My!
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33: Haidinger. The Mystery in the Eye - Haidinger and the Vikings
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34: Haldane. Blood and Breath
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35: Hales. The Doctor and His Horse
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36: Halsted. A Glove for Love
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37: Helmholtz. How to “See” the Back of the Eye
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38: Hysteria. Hysteria and the Hammer
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39: IOL Material. A Cloudy World is Cleared
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40: IOL Power Calculation
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41: Iry. Egypt 2400 BCE: Iry – The First Known Ophthalmologist
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42: Jersey. 33 Meters Below the Surface
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43: Jung-Stilling. The Castle, the Ghost and, the Ophthalmologist
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44: Kirschner. The Pain Went Away
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45: Kneipp. The Priest and the “Water Cure”
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46: Kohl. Kohl – Protective or Toxic?
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47: Korotkow. Listen and Learn!
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48: Laënnec. The Extendable Ear
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49: LASER. “A solution in search of a problem”
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50: Leprosy. “The Punishment of God”?
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51: LSD. Hellfire, Hallucinogen or Remedy?
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52: Mann, Ida. A Woman in a Man’s World
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53: Marathon. The Ladies and the “Marathon Doctor”
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54: Marfan. Spider Fingers and Near- Sightedness
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55: Meyer-Schwickerath. The “Trapped Sun”
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56: Monet. The Cataract and the Water Lily
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57: Napoleon. The “Butt” of History
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58: OCT. OCT is Not the Month!
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59: Odilia. Saint of the Blind
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60: Optography. The Last Image
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61: OVD. Angel Cake Batter and the Eye
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62: Paganini. Priapism and Paganini
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63: Quarantine. Relevant. Yes.
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64: Radium. Radium as a Cure for Blindness?
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65: Ridley. Fortune from Misfortune
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66: Santorio. The Man who Lived on a Scale
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67: Sauerbruch. Tyrant, Genius, and Friend of Hitler
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68: Schweitzer. The Polymath and the People
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69: Scopoli. Poison, Drugs and Medicine
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70: Taylor. A Gold Plated Charlatan
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71: Turner. The Sea, Art and, Cataracts
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72: Ultrasound. Bats Have It!
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73: da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci’s dream
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74: Visual Aids. Adding to the Eye
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75: White Cane. To See or Be Seen.
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76: Wichterle. A “Softer” Way to See
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77: Xenocrates. “Nasty” Business
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78: Yersinia pestis. Passion for Vietnam and Science
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79: Zamenhof. Ophthalmologist and the “Non-Nation”
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80: Zirm. Banking on Sight
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