View in EDS PDF Full Text

Insights into Medicine and Surgery

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Insights into Medicine and Surgery
Description: This book explores aspects of medical history that are usually overlooked by medical historians. It begins with anthropologic literature and accounts of the early explorers which describe sophisticated medical treatments and wound care by Native Americans that were superior to European practices at the time. The book also shows that the Samhita Sushruta, an ancient Indian medical text, and one of Socrates'dialogues answer the age-old question of Hippocrates'dictum against abortion and operating for bladder stones. It then dwells at length on the University of Edinburgh, the shining center of medical education from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and provides biographical sketches to trace the history of American surgery from the early 19th century to the age of surgical staplers and minimally invasive operations. In addition, the book details the author's experience with the greedy for-profit health care system and super specialization, providing the basis for suggestions to reform medical education and a not-for-profit, universal, non-governmental, regionalized system for the delivery of health care. Overall, the book will enhance the education of medical students and appeal to physicians with an interest in history.
Authors: John Raffensperger, Author
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Surgery--History, Medicine--History
Categories: MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Education & Training, MEDICAL / Surgery / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 3149972
RelevancyScore: 1110
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1109.74133300781
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$3149972$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$3149972$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Insights into Medicine and Surgery
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: This book explores aspects of medical history that are usually overlooked by medical historians. It begins with anthropologic literature and accounts of the early explorers which describe sophisticated medical treatments and wound care by Native Americans that were superior to European practices at the time. The book also shows that the Samhita Sushruta, an ancient Indian medical text, and one of Socrates'dialogues answer the age-old question of Hippocrates'dictum against abortion and operating for bladder stones. It then dwells at length on the University of Edinburgh, the shining center of medical education from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and provides biographical sketches to trace the history of American surgery from the early 19th century to the age of surgical staplers and minimally invasive operations. In addition, the book details the author's experience with the greedy for-profit health care system and super specialization, providing the basis for suggestions to reform medical education and a not-for-profit, universal, non-governmental, regionalized system for the delivery of health care. Overall, the book will enhance the education of medical students and appeal to physicians with an interest in history.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22John+Raffensperger%2C+Author%22">John Raffensperger, Author</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Surgery--History%22">Surgery--History</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Medicine--History%22">Medicine--History</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22MEDICAL+%2F+History%22">MEDICAL / History</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22MEDICAL+%2F+Education+%26+Training%22">MEDICAL / Education & Training</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22MEDICAL+%2F+Surgery+%2F+General%22">MEDICAL / Surgery / General</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=3149972
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 610.9
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Surgery--History
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Medicine--History
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Insights into Medicine and Surgery
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: John Raffensperger, Author
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: John Raffensperger, Author
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2022
            – D: 11
              M: 05
              Type: profile
              Y: 2022
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781527578012
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781527578906
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Insights into Medicine and Surgery
              Type: main
ResultId 1