Medicine in modern society / David Riesman.

  • Riesman, David, 1867-1940.
Date:
1938
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Credit: Medicine in modern society / David Riesman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE A'Iedicine in Modern Society grew out of the author’s belief that the history of medicine is in reality an epitome of the history of civilization and should form a part of every man’s cul¬ ture. This volume has been developed from a series of lectures known as the Vanuxem Lectures which the author had the honor of delivering at Princeton Uni¬ versity. In addition to pointing out the peaks of medical his¬ tory, the volume covers also those subjects that are in¬ teresting and agitating not only the medical profession but also the laity. The layman hears the words allergy, antitoxin, vaccine, viruses, hormones, ductless glands, basal metabolism, blood pressure, but he has no clear conception of their precise meaning. Here an attempt is made to give the layman a truer idea of these absorb¬ ing subjects.