Storia della medicina

Dagli antichi greci ai trapianti d'organo

Sherwin B. Nuland, Paola Frezza

• Publisher: Mondadori
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9788852080623
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Theory & Criticism
• Index: History

La medicina viene oggi considerata - a ragione - una disciplina scientifica, asettica; eppure essa è il risultato di un percorso plurimillenario, spesso controverso e contrastato, che ha il suo fulcro nella figura del medico. Il metodo di ragionamento utilizzato oggi per ricostruire la sequenza di eventi patologici affonda le sue origini nella Grecia di venticinque secoli fa, e le diagnosi vengono formulate tenendo in considerazione le precedenti teorie. La storia della medicina, infatti, procede tramite gli sforzi crescenti compiuti da generazioni di studiosi alla ricerca di terapie sempre più perfezionate, di strumenti più sicuri e di teorie più efficaci. Una storia in cui ogni passo avanti è stato fatto grazie all'ostinazione e al coraggio di pochi uomini che hanno osato sfidare ostilità e pregiudizi. Da Ippocrate a Galeno, dall'anestesia ai trapianti, questo libro racconta la vicenda dei singoli individui che, con i loro errori e le loro intuizioni, hanno saputo restituire la speranza a milioni di uomini.

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