Breakthrough!: How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World

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Acknowledgments ... xv About the Author ... xvi Introduction ... 1 Chapter 1. The World's First Physician: Hippocrates and the Discovery of Medicine ... 7 Chapter 2. How Cholera Saved Civilization: The Discovery of Sanitation ... 27 Chapter 3. Invisible Invaders: The Discovery of Germs and How They Cause Disease ... 45 Chapter 4. For the Relief of Unbearable Pain: The Discovery of Anesthesia ... 67 Chapter 5. I'm Looking Through You: The Discovery of X-Rays ... 91 Chapter 6. The Scratch That Saved a Million Lives: The Discovery of Vaccines ... 115 Chapter 7. From Ancient Molds to Modern Miracles: The Discovery of Antibiotics ... 139 Chapter 8. Breaking God's Code: The Discovery of Heredity, Genetics, and DNA ... 163 Chapter 9. Medicines for the Mind: The Discovery of Drugs for Madness, Sadness, and Fear ... 193 Chapter 10. A Return to Tradition: The Rediscovery of Alternative Medicine ... 221 Epilogue ... 251 Appendix A. The Milestones, by Discovery ... 257 Appendix B. References and Additional Reading ... 261 Index ... 279

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Jon Queijo has been writing about science, medicine, and mental health for more than 25 years, in positions that include senior medical writer in the pharmaceutical industry, staff writer for the New England Journal of Medicine consumer publication Weekly Briefings, and staff writer for Bostonia magazine. His freelance articles have appeared in various publications, including Brain Work (The Dana Foundation), Psychology and Personal Growth, Environment, and Science Digest.

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"This very well-written, cogent, and accessible book by freelance writer Queijo will be an important resource, especially for a lay audience. Each of the ten medical discoveries mentioned in the title is really a chapter delimiting the history of medicine. Chapters range from The World's First Physician: Hippocrates and the Discovery of Medicine' to 'A Return to Tradition: The Rediscovery of Alternative Medicine.' This book deserves a very wide readership. Especially useful for general readers, it also will be applicable in undergraduate education across a surprising range of disciplines." Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates, general readers, and researchers/faculty. Reprinted with permission from CHOICE, copyright by the American Library Association.