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- Medical marvels : the 100 greatest advances in medicine / by Straus, Eugene; Straus, Alex.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-413) and index.From abandonment to the idea of healing -- The doctor-patient relationship -- The Hippocratic corpus -- The discovery of microscopic life -- The medical encounter and the history of the present illness -- Galenic medicine -- On the Frabric of the Human Body by Andreas Vesalius -- The physical examination -- To see for oneself at the autopsy -- On the Motion of the Heart by William Harvey -- Diagnostic x-ray examinations -- Observations and Experiments on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion by William Beaumont -- "Nervism" and the integration of the organ systems -- "Chemical Messengers" and the discovery of hormones -- The germ theory of disease -- Smallpox vaccination -- Aspirin -- The initiation of insulin therapy -- Florence Nightingale and modern nursing -- The development of sewage systems -- Public works and health -- Paul Ehrlich's "magic bullets" -- Eradication of smallpox by the World Health Organization -- Gregor Mendel's discovery of genetics -- Friedrich Miescher discovers DNA in pus -- Oswald Theodore Avery uncovers the function of DNA -- The structure of DNA is elucidated by James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin -- The genetic code --Tropical medicine --Microscopes -- The fool of pest -- Contraception -- George Seldes leads the fight to deal with tobacco-related illness -- Penicillin -- the development of surgical anesthesia -- Blood transfusion -- Modern surgical techniques -- The control of polio -- Cardiac catheterization and related techniques -- Cholesterol and the metabolic basis of cardiovascular disease -- Lab rats tango in the Bronx - the development of radioimmunoassay -- the discovery of viruses -- Retroviruses and oncogenes -- Koch's postulates -- Victory at C and the concept of vitamins -- Carbolic acid wound dressing -- Dentistry -- The relaxing factor that led to Viagra -- Advanced imaging techniques -- Immunological tolerance and rejection -- Solid organ transplantation -- Kidney Transplantation -- Liver transplantation -- Heart transplantation -- Bone marrow transplantation -- ancient and early surgery -- The development of medical subspecialties -- The development of surgical subspecialties -- Minimally invasive surgery -- Birthing care -- Hospitals --Coronary care and other intensive care units -- Streptomycin and control of tuberculosis -- Digitalis -- The pneumococcus from hell and understanding antiobiotic resistance -- The development of antiviral drugs and cures for childhood leukemia -- Chemotherapy for malignant disease -- Therapeutic radiation -- Rita Levi-Montalcini discovers nerve growth factor -- Hemodialysis -- Restoration of vision with cataract and retinal surgery -- Understanding retroviruses and the treatment of AIDS -- The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) -- The human genome project -- Gene therapy -- The electrocardiogram -- Mitochondrial function and disease -- Freud and the realization of the unconscious mind -- Group and family therapy -- Twelve-step programs and the treatment of addictive behavior -- Methadone maintenance treatment -- Treatment of schizophrenia -- Treatment of depression --Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine by Claude Bernard, and the protection of experimental subjects -- Tissue culture -- Understanding alcohol and health -- Preprofessional healthcare and the development of Fee-for-Service -- Socialized medicine -- Single-payer systems -- The fight to open medicine to women and minorities -- Health maintenance organizations -- Preventive medicine -- Refuse disposal -- Recalled to life by physical and occupational therapy -- The molecular biology of learning and memory -- Neonatology and gerontology -- In vitro fertilization and blastocyst selection -- Stem cells and regenerative medicine -- Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trials -- Patient advocacy.- Subjects: Medicine; Medical innovations; MeÌdecine; MeÌdecine;
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- American gun : the true story of the AR-15 / by McWhirter, Cameron,author.; Elinson, Zusha,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A note about names -- Prologue: ten minutes, 1057 bullets -- The boy who like explosions -- Men against fire -- The rifleman -- Hollywood moon shot -- Springfield's rifle -- The space-age gun is born -- The bureaucracy strikes back -- Hunting big game -- The spy who saved stoner's rifle -- 'Brave soldiers and the M16' -- 'Tragedy and betrayal' -- 'Borders on criminal negligence' -- The sporter -- Big guns come in -- Bush ban -- Three senators -- The end of compromise -- Bad boys -- A precise request -- AR-15 takes off -- Here come the hedge funds -- The man card -- 'I'm a killer I guess' -- 'You woudn't understand' -- Molon labe -- Trump slump -- Burning boots -- Lockdown nation -- Come and take it nation -- Beyond the talking points -- 'Are any residents safe in this country anywhere?' -- Valerie's road home -- Postscript: what would stoner do? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.In the 1950s an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. He sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century. McWhirter and Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity. How did the same gun represent the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the essence of evil to millions more? Shunned by gun owners at first, the rifle's popularity would take off thanks to a renegade band of small-time gun makers. By the 2000s it would become the weapon of choice for mass shooters, prompting widespread calls for proscription even as the gun industry embraced it as a financial savior. The book is a moral history of contemporary America's love affair with technology, freedom, and weaponry. -- adapted from jacket- Subjects: Assault weapons; AR-15 rifle; Gun control; Firearms and crime;
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