In 1955 four young men bond over a cadaver in an anatomy class
while doing their medical training, and then take off in different
directions. Alastair ends up as a GP in rural Scotland and is
involved in the first antismoking campaign, the prescription of the
contraceptive pill, the distribution of the oral vaccine for
poliomyelitis, and screening for cervical cancer. Dylan, the son of
a coal miner in south Wales, ends up as an epidemiologist and
contributes to the discovery of the links of coal dust to lung and
stomach cancer amongst coal miners. He is also present at the
Aberfan disaster. Matthew trains as a psychiatrist at the pivotal
time when Freudian psychoanalysis is being replaced by rational
rather than metaphysical concepts. Huge asylums for the insane are
being closed and cruel and futile therapies are being abandoned.
Peter trains as a surgeon and is involved in the early days of
organ transplantation and contributes to the movement to replace
radical mastectomy with kinder treatments, for women with early
breast cancer.
General
Imprint: |
Matador
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Michael Baum
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80514-190-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80514-190-2 |
Barcode: |
9781805141907 |
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