An exciting, well-researched work, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in the nature and progress of the human race. - American Scientist The cataclysmic clash of medical ideas and personalities comes to colorful life In this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Great Feuds in Science (Wiley: 0-471-16980-3), Hal Hellman tells the stories of the ten most heated and important disputes of medical science. Featuring a mix of famous and lesser-known stories, Great Feuds in Medicine includes the fascinating ...
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An exciting, well-researched work, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in the nature and progress of the human race. - American Scientist The cataclysmic clash of medical ideas and personalities comes to colorful life In this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Great Feuds in Science (Wiley: 0-471-16980-3), Hal Hellman tells the stories of the ten most heated and important disputes of medical science. Featuring a mix of famous and lesser-known stories, Great Feuds in Medicine includes the fascinating accounts of William Harvey's battle with the medical establishment over his discovery of the circulation of blood; Louis Pasteur's fight over his theory of germs; and the nasty dispute between American Robert Gallo and French researcher Luc Montagnier over who discovered the HIV virus. An informative and insightful look at how such medical controversies are not only typical, but often necessary to the progress of the science.
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New. 0471208337. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-237 pages--Interior text is clean, tight, and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From a review by Dr. Harold J. Burstein, M. D., Ph. D: "...Hal Hellman, a writer of popular science, has provided a valuable service in his new book, 'Great Feuds in Medicine', revealing how difficult it can be to create and disseminate innovative medical information. Hellman has assembled 10 chapters in medical history, a series of contentious cases with ``some special drama or scientific interest'' to highlight the ``human enterprise'' of medical discovery. His stories cover a broad span of time, from the work of Harvey in the early 1600s to research on the human immunodeficiency virus in the 1980s, and an equally wide range of disciplines, including physiology, microbiology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and molecular biology. Most chapters tackle pivotal moments in medical thinking, when dramatic ideas or experiments transformed the field. After each such moment followed a time of discontent and upheaval, when challenges arose and information was dispersed, before the paradigm shifts and discoveries were accepted with broad consensus. Collectively, the vignettes illustrate the personal perils of being an explorer; medical researchers who aspire to greatness ought to have a thick skin. Before ascending to the pantheon of medicine, most of these heroes had to suffer through bitter attacks on their work and their character. Pasteur, Freud, Harvey, Bernard, Salk, Semmelweis--each was prey to criticism, envy, competition, resistance, and dismissal before, with the passage of time, their contributions were accepted and acknowledged. The scientific process is revealed to be less pure and pristine than many imagine. Nationalist bias, professional entrenchment, institutional bureaucracy, religious sentiments, and cultural tradition all influence the development and adoption of medical knowledge, and thus have an impact at least as important as the scientific method itself."--with a bonus offer--;
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