The Healers tells how people of different talents and intentions
dealt with diseases and health. It tells how many of the greatest
contributions to human health were made by people who did not
prescribe pills or wield scalpels. Some had medical credentials,
many did not. They were chemists, physicists, botanists,
microbiologists, entomologists, engineers, psychologists, and
people with a variety of other interests. Epidemics raged for
centuries during which both victims and wanna-be healers were mired
in imaginative superstitions about causes. Treatments generally
were a mixed bag of remedies that were sometimes beneficial but
mostly harmful or useless. Some inevitably killed more patients
than they cured. While it's necessary and desirable for explanatory
reasons to discuss diseases, their cause, origins, symptoms, and
treatments, the primary focus of the book is on people, their
backgrounds, personalities, qualifications, and accomplishments. It
tells how they got it right. It tells how some went wrong. It tells
how others, some with medical credentials, victimized men, women
and children to satisfy their self serving ambitions and social
causes. To emphasize the importance of people, good or bad, their
names are written in boldface. The Healers is in eight parts
covering forty, mostly short, chapters. For example, topics include
the recurring battle against insect vectors of disease, about the
FDA's tussle with developers of drugs, which can kill or cure,
about ambitious and cruel steps to alledgedly improve humanity,
about experiments on fellow humans, about the interface of mind and
health, and much more. I selectively present the personalities,
qualifications and accomplishments of people who made important
contributions, for better or worse, to the health and well being of
humanity. Most of the healers were competent or well-meaning. Some
were saintly, some were evil, You, dear reader, can decide.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2013 |
First published: |
December 2013 |
Authors: |
Kenneth E. Maxwell Phd
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
276 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4943-5942-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Complementary medicine >
General
|
LSN: |
1-4943-5942-1 |
Barcode: |
9781494359423 |
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