In Blood Revan

"The war between the disease and the doctors on the battlefield of the flesh has a beginning and a middle, but no end. In other words, the history of medicine is far from being a simple story that ends in victory." This is what the British historian Porter says at the beginning of his book that outlines the birth and development of medicine. And then, it tells about man's struggle with the disease, starting from the hunter-gatherer communities that lived tens of thousands of years ago.

What kinds of diseases and what remedies existed for them at a time when the sophisticated treatments offered by modern medicine could not even be imagined? Who did people go to when they were sick or injured and what kind of treatments did they seek? How has the view of diseases, doctors, the body, treatments and hospitals changed over time? How did drugs, which worked best as placebos until the twentieth century, undergo a very rapid development process in the last century? How did the medical scene, which used to consist only of doctors and patients, become an extremely large and profitable industry with countless actors who do not have a direct relationship with the patient?

From haymakers and witch doctors to modern doctors, from barber-surgeons to specialist surgeons, from primitive amputations to organ transplants, medical science seems to have come a long way. But as Porter emphasizes, rather than a story of victory, this book presents the interesting story of medicine that sometimes inspires hope and sometimes despair and still continues.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 200

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

Prepared by: Özde Duygu Gürkan

First Print Year: 2016

Number of Pages: 200

Language Turkish