Which Treatment Is Best? Spoof or Proof?

ISBN-13: 9781032348346 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 192 str.

USA) Bader Teddy (University of Oklahoma

Opis

Which Medical Treatment is Best? Spoof or Proof? explains the best scientific evidence for any treatment - the randomized controlled trial. This book begins with rotten humors as the source for all diseases. The story ends with the randomized controlled trial and how to interpret it.

Spis treści

1. Early Egyptian Medicine. 2. Hippocrates, Galen and the Humoral Theory. 3. Clay Ears and Asclepian Medicine. 4. Authority as Proof. 5. Andreas Vesalius and Keen Observation. 6. William Harvey Counts Heart Beats. 7. Smallpox, Edward Jenner, and Numbers. 8. Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek and the Microscope. 9. Louis Pasteur, Anthrax, and Rabies. 10. Wilhelm Roentgen, X-rays, and Bullets. 11. Ether, William Morton, and a Yankee Dodge. 12. Tuberculosis, Streptomycin, and Robert Koch. 13. Placebo or the I Feel Better Pill. 14. John Brinkley and Goat Gland Transplantation. 15. Laetrile, Cyanide, and Ernst Krebs. 16. Testimonials and Endorsements. 17. Controlled Trials and Hidden Harm. 18. Randomized Double Blind Controlled Trials. 19. Interpreting the Results of a Clinical Trial. 20. The Gold Standard for Evidence Based Medicine.