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Who Goes First? : The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine / Lawrence K. Altman.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altman, Lawrence K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-experimentation in medicine.
- Medicine--Research personnel--Biography.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Research--History.
- Self-experimentation in medicine--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (462 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1987.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Lawrence Altman has authored the only complete history of the controversial and understudied practice of self-experimentation. In telling the stories of pioneering researchers, Altman offers a history of many of the most important medical advancements in recent years as well as centuries past--from anesthesia to yellow fever to heart disease. With a new preface, he brings readers up to date and continues his discussion of the ethics and controversy that continue to surround a practice that benefits millions but is understood by few.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Chapter One. AN OVERVIEW
- Chapter Two. DON'T TOUCH THE HEART
- Chapter Three. THE PERILOUS ROUTE TO PAINLESS SURGERY
- Chapter Four. THE CASE OF THE QUEASY CHEMISTS
- Chapter Five. THE PASTEURIAN CLUB
- Chapter Six. THE MYTH OF WALTER REED
- Chapter Seven. TAMING THE GREATEST KILLERS
- Chapter Eight. TOXIC SHOCKS
- Chapter Nine. FUNGI-INFECTING AND HALLUCINATING
- Chapter Ten. LIFETIMES OF SELF-EXPERIMENTING
- Chapter Eleven. DIETARY DEPRIVATIONS
- Chapter Twelve. THE RED CELL RIDDLE
- Chapter Thirteen. BLACK AND BLUE AT THE FLICK OF A FEATHER
- Chapter Fourteen. CANCER: CAN YOU GIVE IT TO YOURSELF?
- Chapter Fifteen. CHOOSING THE RIGHT ANIMAL
- Notes
- Index
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520340473
- 0520340477
- OCLC:
- 1153470355
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