Sir Thomas Lewis
Springer Berlin (Hersteller)
978-3-540-76049-8 (ISBN)
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Sir Thomas Lewis has become one of the foremost cardiologists of the century. He was an early user of the newly invented electrocardiograph to diagnose heart disease and was a pioneer of cardiac electro-physiology. This biography recounts his scientific career, together with accounts of his hospital work and teaching, and his family life and hobbies. It contains over 100 illustrations including Lewis and his co-workers. Much of the information about Lewis has been derived from first hand accounts by his former associates.
Part 1: early life; family; education; medical school at University College Cardiff and University College London. Part 2: graduates; house appointments at University College Hospital; research on pulse and blood pressure; meets Dr James Mackenzie in 1908; becomes editor of "Heart". Part 3: the electrocardiograph; elucidates atrial fibrillation and other arrythmias; gets his own department; writes a much acclaimed monograph; meets Willem Einthoven. Part 4: appointed to the staff of UCH; studies on the excitory wave, bundle branch block and ventricular hypertrophy; research in medicine; visit to Canada and the United States of America. Part 5: the medical research committee; the World War; the soldier's heart and the effort syndrome. Part 6: department of clinical research established; atrial fibrillation and the circus movement; "mechanisms and graphic registration of the heart beat"; experimental and clinical studies with quindine. Part 7: visits Einthoven in Leiden; endocarditis research; congenital heart disease; visit to the United States of America. Part 8: war injuries used as research models; the triple response of the skin to injury, the H substance; monograph on blood vessels in the human skin; physiology and medicine; third edition of "The Mechanism"; Nobel prize for Einthoven; death of Mackenzie; controversy over dog experiments. Part 9: has a myocardial infarction; the Harvey film; Royal medal of the Royal Society; disagreement with W.H. Craib; presentation volume from his associates. Part 10: clinical science. Part 11: cold and the skin; cold urticaria and haemoglobinuria; acrocyanosis; Raynaud's disease. Part 12: intermittent claudication; factor P; angina pectoris; erythralgia; a visit to the United States of America in 1931; R.T. Grant's 1000 patient follow-up study. Part 13: "Diseases of the Heart"; the Harverian oration; completion of eight years' work on the peripheral criculation; the last volume of "Heart"; "Vascular Disorers of the Limbs"; a second myocardial infarction. Part 14: studies of pain; the Nocidensor system of nerves; double pain response in the skin; referred pain and tenderness. Part 15: the cardiographic department and the department of cinical research; hospital duties and teaching. Part 16: marriage; family life; holidays; hobbies. Part 17: the war years; effort syndrome; Llandough hospital; monograph on pain; views on digitalis; Copley medal; final illness and death.
| Zusatzinfo | 145 figs. |
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| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 730 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 3-540-76049-0 / 3540760490 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-540-76049-8 / 9783540760498 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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