Download or read book The Influence of American Surgery on Europe written by Carl Beck and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influence of American surgery on Europe written by Carl Beck and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influence of American Surgery on Europe written by Carl Beck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Influence of American Surgery on Europe, Vol. 5 In order to realize fully, what American Surgery has achieved, so far, and how it compares with that of other countries, it will be opportune to go back to ancient times. The earliest surgical records come from Egypt. In the papyrus found by Ebers, the great German Egyptologist, which was written 1552 B. C, a section, dealing with tumors on the surface of the body, reads: "If this tumor comes and goes under your fingers, trembling even when your hand is still, say - it is a fatty tumor - and treat it with the knife, after which treat it as an open wound." It is maintained, that the old Egyptian embalmers had considerable anatomical knowledge which entitled them to act as "dressers of wounds," that is surgeons. The fact exists, that the Egyptians had a treatise on anatomy. According to Manetho this was attributed to Athothis, son of Menes, who reigned in 5241 B. C. Specimens of Jewish surgery are found in the Talmud, the rabbis being acquainted with methods of suturing wounds, trephining, supplying the loss of substance. Of Indian Surgery, the Charaka-samhita, the oldest medical work in existence, tells us many interesting facts. It is deplorable that the Sanskrit text of this work was only translated shortly ago. The Charaka-samhita was probably written in 1000 B. C. Another well-known Indian book, composed somewhat later, is the Susruta. These works contain a list of complicated surgical instruments, among them are such recommended for amputations, for lithotomy, the treatment of fistulae, polypi, sores, ascites, inhalation for cough and dyspnoea, obstruction of the intestines, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Influence of American Surgery on Europe Vol 5 Classic Reprint written by Carl Beck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Influence of American Surgery on Europe, Vol. 5 And while Germany will probably keep its leading position as far as the theoretical branches of medicine are concerned, the United States will become authoritative in practice. Asepsis, the daughter of antisepsis, while the result of the research of Pasteur, Lister and Koch, was methodically introduced into practice by von Bergmann. But the greatest perfection of the new method has an American trademark. Nowhere are aseptic technics so commonly practiced and so perfect as in the surgical strongholds of the United States. The natural cleanliness, so characteristic of American habits, has of course been a most favorable element for. The introduction and ap preciation of aseptic principles. The American nation is acknowledged all over the world as the cleanest. It is therefore not astonishing that asepsis has been more highly appreciated here than anywhere else, and it is easy to understand that this country is destined more than any other nation to develop asepsis to its fullest perfection. It is safe to say that in many respects the United States have ful filled a noble mission in this direction for many years, a task not to be underestimated. There are a number of signs indicating that this characteristic sense for cleanliness has, like some other American virtues, influenced other countries indirectly. What a change, for instance, is observed in immigrants who come from semibarbarous districts, where even an annual bath is regarded as an extravagant and foolish luxury. They sometimes carry all imaginable varieties of mother earth, especially ou those surfaces of the body not covered by clothing. When they scratch themselves for obvious reasons they become self-inoculated with the germs harbored in their well culti vated filth. As bacteriological investigations prove, all sorts of pus producing germs are found in their skin; so it is only too natural that the skin surface of such individuals is covered with boils and swollen glands. The example of their new fellow citizens soon teaches them a good lesson, and in the second generation the sense of cleanliness is generally very well developed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The European Discovery of American Surgery written by and published by . This book was released on 2024-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first of two that, together, are primarily a collection of twenty-six articles written by European surgeons who visited America prior to the First World War. Volume 1 provides background about nineteenth-century European-American surgical relationships and the massive European immigration to America that included some influential surgeons. This is followed by reports from nine surgeons who visited 1901-1907, translated into English, each with details about the original article, a brief author biography, and numerous annotations to clarify unfamiliar persons or concepts.Volume 2 adds reports from fourteen European surgeons who visited 1908-1913, with similar source information, biographies, and annotations. Other surgical and medical visitors to America during this time are briefly discussed. Finally, the April 1914 International Surgical Society Congress in New York is described, followed by reports from three more surgeons who attended the Congress and participated in a tour of American surgical centers that followed it.
Download or read book The European Discovery of American Surgery written by and published by . This book was released on 2024-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the second of two that, together, are primarily a collection of twenty-six articles written by European surgeons who visited America prior to the First World War. Volume 1 provides background about nineteenth-century European-American surgical relationships and the massive European immigration to America that included some influential surgeons. This is followed by reports from nine surgeons who visited 1901-1907, translated into English, each with details about the original article, a brief author biography, and numerous annotations to clarify unfamiliar persons or concepts. Volume 2 adds reports from fourteen European surgeons who visited 1908-1913, with similar source information, biographies, and annotations. Other surgical and medical visitors to America during this time are briefly discussed. Finally, the April 1914 International Surgical Society Congress in New York is described, followed by reports from three more surgeons who attended the Congress and participated in a tour of American surgical centers that followed it.
Download or read book The Influcence of American Surgery on Europe written by Carl Beck and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 1 written by Haile T. Debas and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Surgery is part of a nine volume series for Disease Control Priorities which focuses on health interventions intended to reduce morbidity and mortality. The Essential Surgery volume focuses on four key aspects including global financial responsibility, emergency procedures, essential services organization and cost analysis.
Download or read book The Influence of the West on American Surgery written by Reginald Henry Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High Income Countries written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference is particularly notable given that the United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Concerned about this divergence, the National Institute on Aging asked the National Research Council to examine evidence on its possible causes. According to Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries, the nation's history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the United States fall short of those in many other high-income nations. Evidence suggests that current obesity levels play a substantial part as well. The book reports that lack of universal access to health care in the U.S. also has increased mortality and reduced life expectancy, though this is a less significant factor for those over age 65 because of Medicare access. For the main causes of death at older ages-cancer and cardiovascular disease-available indicators do not suggest that the U.S. health care system is failing to prevent deaths that would be averted elsewhere. In fact, cancer detection and survival appear to be better in the U.S. than in most other high-income nations, and survival rates following a heart attack also are favorable. Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries identifies many gaps in research. For instance, while lung cancer deaths are a reliable marker of the damage from smoking, no clear-cut marker exists for obesity, physical inactivity, social integration, or other risks considered in this book. Moreover, evaluation of these risk factors is based on observational studies, which-unlike randomized controlled trials-are subject to many biases.
Download or read book The American Surgical Association written by Charles Andrew Powers and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Download or read book Building Primary Care in a Changing Europe written by Dionne S. Kringos and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many citizens primary health care is the first point of contact with their health care system, where most of their health needs are satisfied but also acting as the gate to the rest of the system. In that respect primary care plays a crucial role in how patients value health systems as responsive to their needs and expectations. This volume analyses the way how primary are is organized and delivered across European countries, looking at governance, financing and workforce aspects and the breadth of the service profiles. It describes wide national variations in terms of accessibility, continuity and coordination. Relating these differences to health system outcomes the authors suggest some priority areas for reducing the gap between the ideal and current realities.
Download or read book Plain Concise Practical Remarks on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures written by John Jones and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Surgery written by Ira M. Rutkow and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1998 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a world-renowned historian of surgery, this volume is a masterful textual and pictorial history of the evolution of American surgery. Dr. Rutkow draws on his experience as a surgeon and a historian to provide an enlightening account of the development of surgery in the context of American social, economic, and political history. He also chronicles the complete histories of the surgical specialties. Interspersed with the narrative is an extraordinary collection of archival photographs and drawings, many of which have never before been published. More than 1,000 biographies of pioneering surgeons are deftly woven into the narrative.
Download or read book To Err Is Human written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDSâ€"three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems. To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequenceâ€"but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agendaâ€"with state and local implicationsâ€"for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it, given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly. A careful examination is made of how the surrounding forces of legislation, regulation, and market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations and then looks at their handling of medical mistakes. Using a detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen. A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errorsâ€"which begs the question, "How can we learn from our mistakes?" Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives and public versus private efforts, the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety, in the areas of leadership, improved data collection and analysis, and development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care. To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health careâ€"it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer. Comprehensive and straightforward, this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care. It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital. This book will be vitally important to federal, state, and local health policy makers and regulators, health professional licensing officials, hospital administrators, medical educators and students, health caregivers, health journalists, patient advocatesâ€"as well as patients themselves. First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America, a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine
Download or read book The Clinical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
