Why are you alive right now? Chances are, you owe your life to one of the remarkable medical discoveries in this book. Maybe it was vaccines. Or antibiotics. Or X-rays. Revolutionary medical breakthroughs like these haven't just changed the way we treat disease, they've transformed how we understand ourselves and the world we live in. In "Breakthrough! How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World," Jon Queijo tells the hidden stories behind history's most amazing medical ...
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Why are you alive right now? Chances are, you owe your life to one of the remarkable medical discoveries in this book. Maybe it was vaccines. Or antibiotics. Or X-rays. Revolutionary medical breakthroughs like these haven't just changed the way we treat disease, they've transformed how we understand ourselves and the world we live in. In "Breakthrough! How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World," Jon Queijo tells the hidden stories behind history's most amazing medical discoveries. This isn't dry history: These are life-and-death mysteries uncovered, tales of passionate, often-mocked individuals who stood their ground and were proven right. From germs to genetics, the ancient Hippocrates to the cutting edge, these are stories that have changed the world-and, quite likely, saved your life.
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Queijo reviews medical advances from the time of Hippocrates, and the first 9 chapters are useful and science based. Things fall apart in the last chapter - the rediscovery of alternative medicine. The author is a science writer, NOT a scientist or physician and it's very clear here. (Though some do have a strong science education, anyone can call themselves a science writer) He doesn't seem to understand alternative medicine that works is called medicine, or that modern medicine developed by discarding treatments that didn't work. Queijo suggests modern medicine lost it's heart when doctors started using stethoscopes and stopped laying their ears directly on the patients chest, something I don't want any doctor doing to me!
