Author: REISER, STANLEY JOE
Title: Medicine and the reign of technology / Stanley Joel Reiser
Description: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 1978. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi. 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 279-307. Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Examination of the patient in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; 2. The stethoscope and the detection of pathology by sound; 3. Visual technology and the anatomization of the living; 4. The microscope and the revelation of a cellular universe; 5. The translation of physiological actions into the languages of machines; 6. Chemical signposts of disease and the birth of the diagnostic laboratory; 7. Medical specialism and the centralization of medical care; 8. The shortcomings of technology in medical decision making; 9. Selection and evaluation of evidence in medicine; 10. Telecommunication. automation. and medical practice; 11. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Summary; Based chiefly on material from primary sources. this book describes some technological advances made in the art and practice of medicine during the past three centuries and shows how these advances have altered the methods of diagnosing illness. Subjects; Medicine — History. Medical Laboratory Science — history. Diagnosis — instrumentation. Medical innovations — Social aspects. Medical technology. Medicine. History of Medicine. Medical innovations — history. Medical instruments and apparatus — history. Diagnosis — history. Medical innovations — Social aspects. Medical Laboratory Science. Diagnosis — instrumentation. Medical Laboratory Science — history. Medical technology — History. Medicine — History. Diagnosis. History of Medicine. 19th Cent. History of Medicine. 20th Cent. Physician-Patient Relations. Technology. medical — history. Technology. Medical. Health. Medical technology. Diagnosis — Instruments. Medicine — Diagnosis — Technological development. (1600-1977). medicine — diagnosis — technological development. Medical / History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Student Collection. ISBN: 0521219078. Weight in Kg appr.:

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