| Description |
2 videodiscs (180 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 79 pages ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses (DVD). Modern history.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Performer |
Instructor: Sherman B. Nuland. |
| Access |
Restricted to home use or face to face teaching. |
| Summary |
Twelve lectures (30 min. each) that discuss the history of the development of Western scientific medicine, set against character studies of twelve of the greatest physicians since classical times. |
| Contents |
disc 1. 1. Hippocrates and the origins of Western medicine ; 2. The paradox of Galen ; 3. Vesalius and the Renaissance of medicine ; 4. Harvey, discoverer of the circulation ; 5. Morgagni and the anatomy of disease ; 6. Hunter, the surgeon as scientist -- disc 2. 7. Laennec and the invention of the stethoscope ; 8. Morton and the origins of anesthesia ; 9. Virchow and the cellular origins of disease ; 10. Lister and the germ theory ; 11. Halsted and the American medical education ; 12. Taussig and the development of cardiac surgery. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hippocrates.
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Galen.
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Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564.
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Harvey, William, 1578-1657.
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Morgagni, Giambattista, 1682-1771.
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Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
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Laennec, R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe), 1781-1826.
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Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868.
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Virchow, Rudolf, 1821-1902.
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Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912.
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Halsted, William, 1852-1922.
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Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986.
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Medicine -- Biography.
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Medicine -- History.
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History of Medicine.
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Medicine -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Nuland, Sherwin B., teacher.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598030302: $199.95 |
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9781598030303 |
| Music No. |
8128 Teaching Co. |
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