Figures of Medicine: Blood, Face Transplants, Parasites, Fran?ois Delaporte

Автор: Starzl, Thomas E. (director, Transplantation Institute, University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Usa)
Название: Puzzle people
ISBN: 0822958368 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822958369
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In this book he clearly states his position on many hotly debated issues including brain death, randomized trials for experimental drugs, the costs of transplant operations, and the system for selecting organ recipients from among scores of desperately ill patients.

Автор: Delaporte Francois
Название: Figures of Medicine: Blood, Face Transplants, Parasites
ISBN: 082324444X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780823244447
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: What does the infamous face transplant in France in 2005 share with the examination of “swollen faces” in Latin America in the 1930s? What does blood transfusion in Europe during the 17th century have in common with the discovery of mosquitoes as parasitic vectors in China at the close of the 19th century? And, last, how does the reconstruction of noses using skin flaps in Bologna in the 16th century relate to the opening of a forehead cyst in Guatemala in 1916? The six essays that form Figures of Medicine present a wealth of symmetries. Fran?ois Delaporte shows that each epistemological concern demands its own mode of engagement; problems reside not only in their objects but also in the historical situations in which they emerge. Focusing on efforts to resolve medical problems that are particular and nonetheless exemplary, Delaporte unpacks these separate cases to show how multiple actors—over long periods of time and across different geographies—must be taken into account to remove epistemological blockages that stand in the way of understanding. A remarkable contribution to the history of science and medicine, this book shows the value of historical epistemology from philosophical, historical, and anthropological perspectives.

Автор: A. Nathoo
Название: Hearts Exposed
ISBN: 1349541354 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349541355
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960`s Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history. Public trust in their doctors was significantly undermined, and medicine was held publicly to account as never before.