Bad medicine

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In this controversial new account of the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that, from the fifth century BC until the 1930s, doctors actually did more harm than good, and asks just how much harm they still do today.



Just how much good has medicine done over the years? And how much damage does it continue to do? The history of medicine begins with Hippocrates in the fifth century BC. Yet until the invention of antibiotics in the 1930s doctors, in general, did their patients more harm than good. In this fascinating new look at the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that for more than 2300 years doctors have relied on their patients' misplaced faith in their ability to cure. Over and over again major discoveries which could save lives were met with professional resistance. And this is not just a phenomenon of the distant past. The first patient effectively treated with penicillin was in the 1880s; the second not until the 1940s. There was overwhelming evidence that smoking caused lung cancer in the 1950s; but it took thirty years for doctors to accept the claim that smoking was addictive. As Wootton graphically illustrates, throughout history and right up to the present, bad medical practice has often been deeply entrenched and stubbornly resistant to evidence. This is a bold and challenging book - and the first general history of medicine to acknowledge the frequency with which doctors do harm.

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Taal: en

Uitvoering: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 22 november 2007

Aantal pagina's: 336

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: David Wootton

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Editie: 1

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 195 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 128 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm

Verpakking lengte: 198 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 348 g

EAN: 9780199212798

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