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Overview
Con un lenguaje claro, sencillos esquemas e ingeniosas ilustraciones aprenda sobre los sorprendentes avances médicos y los descubrimientos en el libro de medicina.
Este libro aborda temas complejos en un formato simple y fácil de seguir. ¡Ideal para los novatos que buscan obtener más información y expertos que desean refrescar sus conocimientos por igual!
Este libro cautivador ampliará la comprensión de la medicina, con:
- Más de 100 ideas innovadoras en este campo de la ciencia.
- Repleto de hechos, cuadros, plazos y gráficos para ayudar a explicar los conceptos centrales.
- Un enfoque visual sobre temas complejos con ilustraciones llamativas y gráficos.
- El texto fácil de seguir hace que los temas sean accesibles a cualquier nivel de comprensión.
Descubrirá más de 90 descubrimientos médicos increíbles a través de un texto claro y fácil de entender.
Si pensaba que era difícil aprender sobre los hitos importantes en el historial médico, el libro de medicina presenta información clave en un diseño fácil de seguir. Aprenda sobre la respuesta de la ciencia médica a los nuevos desafíos, como Covid-19, y prácticas antiguas como la medicina alternativa y el equilibrio de los humores, a través de excelentes mapas mentales y resúmenes paso a paso.
La serie de Grandes ideas de gran reconocimiento ha vendido millones de copias en todo el mundo, el libro de medicina es parte de la galardonada serie de grandes ideas de DK.
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Learn about astonishing medical breakthroughs and discoveries in The Medicine Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Medicine in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Medicine Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in.
This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Medicine, with:
- More than 100 ground-breaking ideas in this field of science
- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts
- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout
- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding
The Medicine Book is a captivating introduction to the crucial breakthroughs in this science, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you’ll discover more than 90 amazing medical discoveries through exciting text and bold graphics.
Your Medical Questions, Simply Explained
With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Medicine Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780744048711 |
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Publisher: | DK |
Publication date: | 11/02/2021 |
Series: | DK Big Ideas |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 8.00(w) x 9.44(h) x 0.97(d) |
Language: | Spanish |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 10
Ancient and Medieval Medicine Prehistory to 1600
A shaman to combat disease and death: Prehistoric medicine 18
A healer of one disease and no more: Ancient Egyptian medicine 20
The balance of the doshas is freedom from disease: Ayurvedic medicine 22
We rebuild what fortune has taken away: Plastic surgery 26
First, do no harm: Greek medicine 28
A body in balance: Traditional Chinese medicine 30
Nature itself is the best physician: Herbal medicine 36
To diagnose, one must observe and reason: Roman medicine 38
Know the causes of sickness and health: Islamic medicine 44
Learned, expert, ingenious, and able to adapt: Medieval medical schools and surgery 50
The vampire of medicine: Bloodletting and leeches 52
Wars have furthered the progress of the healing art: Battlefield medicine 53
The art of prescribing lies in nature: Pharmacy 54
Teach not from books but from dissections: Anatomy 60
The Scientific Body 1600-1820
The blood is driven into a round: Blood circulation 68
A disease known is half cured: Nosology 74
Hope of a good, speedy deliverance: Midwifery 76
The harvest of diseases reaped by workers: Occupational medicine 78
The peculiar circumstances of the patient: Case history 80
To restore the sick to health as speedily as possible: Hospitals 82
Great and unknown virtue in this fruit: Preventing scurvy 84
The bark of a tree is very efficacious: Aspirin 86
Surgery has become a science: Scientific surgery 88
The dangerously wounded must be tended first: Triage 90
A peculiarity in my vision: Color vision deficiency 91
No longer feared, but understood: Humane mental health care 92
Training the immune system: Vaccination 94
Like cures like: Homeopathy 102
To hear the beating of the heart: The stethoscope 103
Cells and Microbes 1820-1890
Let healthy blood leap into the sick man: Blood transfusion and blood groups 108
Soothing, quieting, and delightful beyond measure: Anesthesia 112
Wash your hands: Hygiene 118
Medicine needs men and women: Women in medicine 120
All cells come from cells: Histology 122
They mistook the smoke for the fire: Epidemiology 124
A hospital should do the sick no harm: Nursing and sanitation 128
Disturbances at the cellular level: Cellular pathology 134
Make yourselves masters of anatomy: Gray's Anatomy 136
One must replace the scarring tissue: Skin grafts 137
Life is at the mercy of these minute bodies: Germ theory 138
A genetic misprint: Inheritance and hereditary conditions 146
It is from particles that all the mischief arises: Antiseptics in surgery 148
The field of vital phenomena: Physiology 152
Defense against intruders: The immune system 154
A single mosquito bite is all it takes: Malaria 162
Vaccines, Serums, and Antibiotics 1890-1945
Solving the puzzle of cancer: Cancer therapy 168
The darker shadow of the bones: X-rays 176
Viruses are alpha predators: Virology 177
Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious: Psychoanalysis 178
It must be a chemical reflex: Hormones and endocrinology 184
The action currents of the heart: Electrocardiography 188
Strings of flashing and traveling sparks: The nervous system 190
A peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex: Alzheimer's disease 196
Magic bullets: Targeted drug delivery 198
Unknown substances essential for life: Vitamins and diet 200
An invisible, antagonistic microbe: Bacteriophages and phage therapy 204
A weakened form of the germ: Attenuated vaccines 206
To imitate the action of the pancreas: Diabetes and its treatment 210
No woman is free who does not own her body: Birth control 214
Marvelous mold that saves lives: Antibiotics 216
New windows into the brain: Electroencephalography 224
Silent disease can be found early: Cancer screening 226
Global Health 1945-1970
We defend everyone's right to health: The World Health Organization 232
The artificial kidney can save a life: Dialysis 234
Nature's dramatic antidote: Steroids and cortisone 236
The quietening effect: Lithium and bipolar disorder 240
A psychic penicillin: Chlorpromazine and antipsychotics 241
Changing the way you think: Behavioral and cognitive therapy 242
A new diagnostic dimension: Ultrasound 244
All the cells had 47 chromosomes: Chromosomes and Down syndrome 245
Death becomes life: Transplant surgery 246
A promising but unruly molecule: Interferon 254
A sensation for the patient: Pacemakers 255
The center of our immune response: Lymphocytes and lymphatics 256
The power to decide: Hormonal contraception 258
Asking for proof of safety: The FDA and thalidomide 259
A return to function: Orthopedic surgery 260
Smoking kills: Tobacco and lung cancer 266
Help to live until you die: Palliative care 268
Genes and Technology 1970 Onward
Randomize till it hurts: Evidence-based medicine 276
Seeing inside the body: MRI and medical scanning 278
Antibodies on demand: Monoclonal antibodies 282
Nature could not, so we did: In vitro fertilization 284
Victory over smallpox: Global eradication of disease 286
Our fate lies in our genes: Genetics and medicine 288
This is everybody's problem: HIV and autoimmune diseases 294
A revolution through the keyhole: Minimally invasive surgery 298
The first glimpse of our own instruction book: The Human Genome Project 299
Fixing a broken gene: Gene therapy 300
The power of light: Laser eye surgery 301
Hope for new therapies: Stem cell research 302
Smaller is better: Nanomedicine 304
The barriers of space and distance have collapsed: Robotics and telesurgery 305
Public health enemy number one: Pandemics 306
To reprogram a cell: Regenerative medicine 314
This is my new face: Face transplants 315
Directory 316
Glossary 324
Index 328
Quote Attributions 335
Acknowledgments 336