History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries

John Russell Silver (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

315 Seiten

2003
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-306-48032-4 (ISBN)

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The treatment to spinal cord injury consists of preventing complications until the spine has stabilised and the patient can be rehabilitated to an independent life. This book explores how this treatment developed in the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, in Europe, Great Britain and latterly in the United States.

Injury of the spinal cord has been known since antiquity. There is no cure for the injury and until modern times patients died rapidly from a combination of pressure sores and urinary tract infection. Treatment consists of preventing complications until the spine has stabilised and the patient can be rehabilitated to an independent life. "History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries" explores how this treatment developed in the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, in Europe, Great Britain and latterly in the United States. It describes how these principles of treatment were recognised and explores the relationship and rivalry of the powerful personalities of the doctors who developed this treatment against the social background at different times.

Introduction. 1. Historical Survey. 2. The United Kingdom. 3. Sir Ludwig Guttmann (1899-1980) And The National Spinal Injuries Centre. 4. United States. 5. Canada. 6. The German-Speaking World. 7. France. 8. Discussion. 9. Conclusion. Bibliography. Glossary. About The Author. Index.

Zusatzinfo	bibliography, glossary, index
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	674 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Neurochirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
ISBN-10	0-306-48032-8 / 0306480328
ISBN-13	978-0-306-48032-4 / 9780306480324
Zustand	Neuware