Sunday, December 20, 2009

"Medical Marvels The 100 Greatest Advances in Medicine" - New Book Released by Eugene W. Straus, M.D., and Alex Straus

In this alarming book, Dr. Eugene W. Straus, acclaimed columnist of "Roslyn Yalow," Nobel Laureate and announcer Alex Straus bless the blue-blooded science and art of anesthetic by highlighting the one hundred greatest medical advances. More than just a accumulation of abstruse achievements, the book emphasizes the accent of committed individuals who proposed conceptual breakthroughs that fabricated a cogent aberration to the animal condition.

New York, NY -- At a time if healthcare administration corporations are transforming the already affectionate doctor-patient accord into an abstract provider-customer transaction, it is added difficult for both doctors and the accessible at ample to appearance anesthetic as an abstracted calling adherent alone to healing the sick. Yet the history of anesthetic is abounding with committed individuals whose greatest action was and is a affectionate affection to amusement and cure illness.

In this alarming book, Dr. Eugene W. Straus—acclaimed columnist of Roslyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate—and announcer Alex Straus bless the blue-blooded science and art of anesthetic by highlighting the one hundred greatest medical advances. More than just a accumulation of abstruse achievements, the book emphasizes the accent of committed individuals who proposed conceptual breakthroughs that fabricated a cogent aberration to the animal condition. From Galen who accompanying the anatomy of organs to functions, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek whose microscope appear an concealed apple of microbes, Florence Nightingale who developed the abstraction of nursing, to Werner Forssman who approved the assumption of cardiac catheterization by in actuality blame a wire into his own heart, the belief of medical antecedents are alluring and awe-inspiring.

At a time if basement accurate attempt like change are accepting challenged anew, it's auspicious and important to apprehend a book which takes as its ambition the anniversary of science. Medical Marvels is an badly absorbing analysis which makes bright how badly accurate compassionate has bigger our lives… …provides a alluring overview of the history of avant-garde medicine. With abstracts alignment in time from the ancestry of anesthetic with Hippocrates, to the acid bend of avant-garde discoveries, it's an capital accession to the accepted absorption abstract on medical history. …a baroque book on medical and health-related matters. It’s conspicuously readable, informative, open-minded, and thought-provoking. One hundred abridged chapters: palatable, protein packed, and calmly digested. Rx one to 5 capacity daily. Read them and you’ll adore activity added fully. And abide longer, too! "At a time if basement accurate attempt like change are accepting challenged anew, it's auspicious and important to apprehend a book which takes as its ambition the anniversary of science. Medical Marvels is an badly absorbing analysis which makes bright how badly accurate compassionate has bigger our lives…"                                                                    
--Peter Rothberg, Associate Publisher, The Nation

"…provides a alluring overview of the history of avant-garde medicine. With abstracts alignment in time from the ancestry of anesthetic with Hippocrates, to the acid bend of avant-garde discoveries, it's an capital accession to the accepted absorption abstract on medical history."        
--Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Laureate

"…a baroque book on medical and health-related matters. It’s conspicuously readable, informative, open-minded, and thought-provoking. One hundred abridged chapters: palatable, protein packed, and calmly digested. Rx one to 5 capacity daily. Read them and you’ll adore activity added fully. And abide longer, too!"
--William T. Golden, Chairman Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History

Emphasizing that anesthetic should be founded on ethical integrity, compassion, and the advance of able accurate research, the authors acquaint that able armament in abreast association are in crisis of actively apathy these axiological principles. This aberration can and have to be abhorred as we advance the next 100 greatest advances yet to come. Everyone absorbed in acceptable healthcare will accretion a new acknowledgment for the achievements and approaching affiance of anesthetic by account this arresting and important book.

About the Authors:
Eugene W. Straus, M.D. (New York, NY), columnist of the acclaimed "Rosalyn Yalow," Nobel Laureate, is emeritus assistant of anesthetic at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was aforetime arch of the Division of Digestive Diseases, administrator of the Digestive Disease Training Program, and acting cochairman of the Department of Medicine there.

Alex Straus (New York, NY) is chief editor at Maxim magazine, specializing in new technology, sports, and feature-length articles.

425 pages (illustrations) • ISBN 1-59102-373-4 • Hardcover: $28 • Publication: March 21, 2006

Contact:
Jill Maxick
Prometheus Books
800-853-7545

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