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- De: Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Praised for his erudite writing, renowned scientist Frank Gonzalez-Crussi penned this concise history of medicine, beginning with the most primitive health-care practices and ending with the technology of modern medicine that we enjoy today. As with all Modern Library Chronicles, A Short History of Medicine is a wonderful primer for anyone interested in the subject.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dull and Disorganized
- De Amazon Customer en 05-21-08
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Viruses, Plagues, and History
- Past, Present, and Future
- De: Michael B. A. Oldstone
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 541
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The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses. For this revised edition, Oldstone includes discussions of new viruses like SARS, bird flu, virally caused cancers, chronic wasting disease, and West Nile. Viruses, Plagues, and History paints a sweeping portrait of humanity's long-standing conflict with our unseen viral enemies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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very detailed, but very statistical
- De ekhensel15 en 01-12-19
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Under the Knife
- A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
- De: Arnold van de Laar, Andy Brown - translator
- Narrado por: Rich Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 221
From the story of the desperate man from 17th-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room. What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell, or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why did a surgeon need a fast horse?
- De India Clamp en 10-18-18
De: Arnold van de Laar, y otros
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The Compatibility Gene
- How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves
- De: Daniel M. Davis
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the different ways each of us fights disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If interested in medicine, got to read
- De Howard Sterling en 06-29-16
De: Daniel M. Davis
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Drugged: The Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic Drugs
- De: Richard J. Miller
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 359
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 317
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 316
In Drugged, Miller takes listeners on an eye-opening tour of psychotropic drugs, describing the various kinds, how they were discovered and developed, and how they have played multiple roles in virtually every culture. Drugged brims with surprises, revealing the fact that antidepressant drugs evolved from rocket fuel, highlighting the role of hallucinogens in the history of religion, and asking whether Prozac can help depressed cats. Entertaining and authoritative, Drugged is a truly fascinating book.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting reading but heavy on the biochemistry
- De Scott en 06-28-14
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Human Heart, Cosmic Heart
- A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- De: Dr. Thomas Cowan
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was - and continues to be - practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worthless
- De Martin en 11-04-16
De: Dr. Thomas Cowan
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The Moth in the Iron Lung
- A Biography of Polio
- De: Forrest Maready
- Narrado por: Forrest Maready
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 442
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 383
A fascinating account of the world’s most famous disease - polio - told as you have never heard it before. Epidemics of paralysis began to rage in the early 1900s, seemingly out of nowhere. Doctors, parents, and health officials were at a loss to explain why this formerly unheard-of disease began paralyzing so many children. Why did this disease start to become such a horrible problem during the late 1800s? Why did it affect children more often than adults? Why was it originally called teething paralysis by mothers and their doctors?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Root Cause
- De Circlekay1 Gulfport MS en 10-24-19
De: Forrest Maready
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The Remedy
- Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
- De: Thomas Goetz
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 582
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 508
In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB - often called consumption - was a death sentence. Then, in a triumph of medical science, a German doctor named Robert Koch deployed an unprecedented scientific rigor to discover the bacteria that caused TB. Koch soon embarked on a remedy - a remedy that would be his undoing. When Koch announced his cure for consumption, Arthur Conan Doyle, then a small-town doctor in England and sometime writer, went to Berlin to cover the event.
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4 out of 5 stars
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thought-provoking
- De Jean en 07-06-14
De: Thomas Goetz
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The Pandemic Century
- One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
- De: Mark Honigsbaum
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From the Spanish flu to the 1924 outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles to the 1930 "parrot fever" pandemic, through the more recent SARS, Ebola, and Zika epidemics, the last one hundred years have been marked by a succession of unanticipated pandemic alarms.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good
- De Baz 12345 en 04-03-20
De: Mark Honigsbaum
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The Heart Healers
- The Misfits, Mavericks, and Rebels Who Created the Greatest Medical Breakthrough of Our Lives
- De: James Forrester MD
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 15 h y 45 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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At one time heart disease was a death sentence. By the middle of the 20th century, it was killing millions, and, as with the Black Death centuries before, physicians stood helpless. Visionaries, though, had begun to make strides earlier. On September 7, 1895, Ludwig Rehn successfully sutured the heart of a living man with a knife wound to the chest for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great review of the landmark achievements in Cardiology.
- De Trauma NP en 12-14-15
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p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code
- De: Sue Armstrong
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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p53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code reveals the tale of the search for this gene, as well as the excitement of the hunt for new cures - the hype, the lost opportunities, the blind alleys, and the thrilling breakthroughs. As the long-anticipated revolution in cancer treatment tailored to each individual patient's symptoms starts to take off at last, p53 is still at the forefront of the game. This is a timely tale of scientific discovery and advances in our understanding of a disease that still affects more than one in three of us at some point in our lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story! Unfortunate narration at start
- De Adriana en 12-25-14
De: Sue Armstrong
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The Demon Under The Microscope
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,481
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,536
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,534
The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication. In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!!!!!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-21-08
De: Thomas Hager
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- De: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,332
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,999
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,991
In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. She conjures up early operating theaters - no place for the squeamish - and surgeons, working before anesthesia, who were lauded for their speed and brute strength. They were baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. A young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister would solve the deadly riddle and change the course of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not one boring moment!
- De WRWF en 12-22-17
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Trick or Treatment
- The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
- De: Edzard Ernst, Simon Singh
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this guide lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, over 30 of the most popular treatments - acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicines - are examined for their benefits and potential dangers. Questions answered include: What works and what doesn't? What are the secrets, and what are the lies?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well researched
- De Erik J. Rasmussen en 09-09-20
De: Edzard Ernst, y otros
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Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,850
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,198
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,180
Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
- De C. White en 03-08-19
De: Thomas Hager
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The Undead
- Organ Harvesting, The Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers - How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
- De: Dick Teresi
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
Important and provocative, The Undead examines why even with the tools of advanced technology, what we think of as life and death, consciousness and nonconsciousness, is not exactly clear - and how this problem has been further complicated by the business of organ harvesting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- De Amy Giglio en 07-01-18
De: Dick Teresi
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Missing Microbes
- How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
- De: Martin J. Blaser
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances-antibiotics-threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enlightening and information well supported
- De James en 05-03-15
De: Martin J. Blaser