The Road to Modern Medicine
Read about the dubious history of medicine and disease in these nonfiction titles.
Bellevue : three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital
Oshinsky, David M., 1944- author
2016
Blood work : a tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution
Tucker, Holly
2011
A sharp-eyed expose of the deadly politics, murderous plots, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first blood transfusions in seventeenth-century Europe.
The butchering art : Joseph Lister's quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian medicine
Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982- author
2017
Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
Millard, Candice
2011
Dr. Mütter's marvels : a true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine
Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe, author
2014
Ghost map : the story of London's deadliest epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities and the modern world
Johnson, Steven, 1968-
2006
The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
Kelly, John, 1945-
2005
The great pretender : the undercover mission that changed our understanding of madness
Cahalan, Susannah, author
2019
For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness--how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, normal, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to remain inside until they'd "proven" themselves sane, all eight emerged with alarming diagnoses and even more troubling stories of their treatment. Rosenhan's watershed study broke open the field of psychiatry, closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis forever. But, as Cahalan's explosive new research shows, very little in this saga is exactly as it seems. What really happened behind those closed asylum doors, and what does it mean for our understanding of mental illness today?
The heart healers : the misfits, mavericks, and rebels who created the greatest medical breakthrough of our lives
Forrester, James, 1937- author
2015
The invention of surgery : a history of modern medicine : from the Renaissance to the implant revolution
Schneider, David, author
2020
"A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by the discipline's most dynamic, pioneering doctors"--Provided by publisher.
Mavericks, miracles, and medicine : the pioneers who risked their lives to bring medicine into the modern age
Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)
2003
The mystery of the exploding teeth : and other curiosities from the history of medicine
Morris, Thomas (Thomas Neil Gareth), author
2018
This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of Victorian medicine in all its grisly weirdness.
The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
Jones, Charles, 1952-, author
2020
In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family's permission or knowledge. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s.
Smallpox, syphilis, and salvation : medical breakthroughs that changed the world
Persson, Sheryl Ann, 1952-
2009
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Strange medicine : a shocking history of real medical practices through the ages
Belofsky, Nathan, author
2013
