Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9781461481959
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xiv, 471 S., 32 s/w Illustr., 27 farbige Illustr.,
Einband: gebundenes Buch
Beschreibung
Urolithiasis: A Comprehensive History provides a historical sojourn into the varied manifestations of kidney stone disease. Utilizing historical sources and integrating classic material with new concepts, this new volume provides depth and details on stone disease not found in modern overviews on the topic. This volume serves as a very useful tool for physicians and researchers dealing with kidney stone disease. Written by a renowned expert in the field, Urolithiasis: A Comprehensive History is an in depth resource that heightens our medical understanding of this ancient disease and is of great value to urologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists interested in stone disease.
Produktsicherheitsverordnung
Hersteller:
Springer Verlag GmbH
juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Tiergartenstr. 17
DE 69121 Heidelberg
Autorenportrait
InhaltsangabeCh.1: A History of HistoriesCh.2: Epistemology and LithologyCh.3: Laboring Under the Stone: A Literary Legacy of LithiasisCh.4: PaleolithologyCh.5: Greco-Roman Stone DiseaseCh.6: Dark Ages, Dark TherapiesCh.7: Renaissance of Urolithiasis Ch.8: van Beverwijck-The Bridge from Ancient to Modern Ch.9: Enlightened Minds and Stone DiseaseCh.10: Charlatans, Quacks & Joanna StephensCh.11: Evolution of Stone DiseaseCh.12: Founding Fathers of Stone ChemistryCh.13: Famous Stone Sufferers Ch.14: Frederik Ruysch's Fascination With Urolithiasis Ch.15: Gray's Anatomy of Stones: Henry Vandyke CarterCh.16: The Stone Hospital & Stone TreatmentCh.17: Liesegang's RingsCh.18: Lithotomy Ch.19: Litholapaxy- Civiale to Bigelow, von Kern controversy (1828)Ch.20: Imaging the Beast- Sounding, Lithoscopes and Röntgen RaysCh.21: Rise of "Science" in Stone DiseaseCh.22: Fictitious Stones and Sir William OslerCh.23: Early Modern Stone DiseaseCh.24: EpidemiologyCh.25: PathophysiologyCh.26: The Rarest Stone of All!Ch.27: The Largest Stone of All!Ch.28: Lithotripsy: From Rocket Science to the ClinicCh.29: Modern Stone ScienceCh.30: Equal Rights: Stone Disease and FemalesCh.31: Urologist's Guide to the GalaxyCh.32: Towards Keeping the Hippocratic Oath (Six Sigma)Ch.33: Epilogue
