Medical Technology

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Medical Technology......Page 12
1 - Surgery Without Pain (WILLIAM MORTON AND ANESTHESIA)......Page 14
2 - Clean Wounds (JOSEPH LISTER AND ANTISEPSIS)......Page 32
3 - Skeleton Rays (WILHELM RONTGEN AND X RAYS)......Page 50
4 - Blood Is Life (KARL LANDSTEINER AND BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS)......Page 69
5 - Prom Sausage Casings to Six-Million-Dollar People (WILLEM KOLFF, ROBERT JARVIK, AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS)......Page 86
6 - New Hearts for Old (NORMAN SHUMWAY, CHRISTIAAN BARNARD, AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTS)......Page 106
7 - The Better to See You With (GODFREY HOUNSFIELD, RAYMOND DAMADIAN, AND MEDICAL IMAGING)......Page 126
Epilogue - Medical Technology in the Twenty-first Century......Page 145
Index......Page 152
Back Cover......Page 162