Medical marvels : the 100 greatest advances in medicine / Eugene W. Straus & Alex Straus ; illustrations by Bette Korman.

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.

425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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 fabric 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 antibiotic 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 bastocyst selection -- Stem cells and regenerative medicine -- Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trials -- Patient-advocacy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-413) and index.