Medical Treatments

by New York Times Editorial Staff

Overview

Since the mid-nineteenth century, medicine has undergone a revolution, improving the quality and length of human life in the process. With fascinating detail, this volume traces the evolution of treatments for a variety of conditions. Antiseptics and anesthesia made surgery possible and survivable. Vaccines wiped out the lethal illnesses of cholera, typhus, polio, yellow fever, and others. While smallpox was declared officially eradicated in 1980, another devastating disease surfaced on the world stage, HIV/AIDS, to further challenge the development of medical treatments. Today, DNA, artificial intelligence, and stem cell therapy are some of the weapons used to fight against pain and disease. Media literacy terms and questions round out the text and aid readers in analyzing over a century of news coverage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642822298
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Series:	Rosen Changing Perspectives Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Chapter 1 Anesthesia, Antiseptics and Vaccines: 1851-1899

Medical. By the New York Times 11

Modern Embalming. From the Correspondent of the Newark Advertiser 14

Substitute for Anesthesia. By the New York Times 16

A New Anaesthetic Process. By the New York Times 18

Horace Wells. By the New York Times 20

In Pasteur's Laboratory by Commercial Cable from Our Own Correspondent 22

Vaccination Against Cholera. By the New York Times 25

Anti-Toxine Distributed by the New York Times 28

Aseptolin a New Remedy by the New York Times 31

Modern Wound Treatment. By the New York Times 35

The Roentgen Discovery by the New York Times 37

A Cure for Snakebite. From the Pall Mall Gazette 41

The Triumphs of Surgery by the New York Times 42

Chapter 2 Microbes, the Mind and Research: 1900-1929

The Phipps Psychiatric Clinic. By the New York Times 49

Microbes Caught in Action. Special Cable to the New York Times 51

Lister's War on Pain and Death by the New York Times 52

New Discoveries May Eliminate Quinine for Malaria by the New York Times 55

Fighting Against Contagion in City by the New York Times 66

Typhus, War's Dread Ally, Beaten by Van Buren Thorne, M.D. 71

Find Sun Produces the 4th Vitamine by the New York Times 80

Serum Proves Boon in Fighting Diabetes by the New York Times 82

Finds New Remedy for Pneumonia by the New York Times 85

Serum Discovered for Scarlet Fever by Long Research by the New York Times 93

New Device Records Action of the Heart Special to the New York Times 98

Chapter 3 Advances Accelerate: 1930-1959

Nation's Death Rate Halved Since 1900; Diphtheria Cut 95% by the New York Times 100

Virus Character Radically Changed William L. Laurence 106

Chemical Is Found to Combat Viruses by the New York Times 110

Hails 'Blood Bank' as Transfusion Aid Special to the New York Times 114

Vaccine Is Found for Yellow Fever by the New York Times 116

Conquest of Pellagra by the New York Times 117

'Giant' Germicide Yielded by Mold William L. Laurence 119

Chemicals Excelling Sulfa Drugs as Germ Killers Are Disclosed William L. Laurence 122

New Drug Is Used to Treat Typhoid by the New York Times 126

Influenza Vaccine Perfected in War by the New York Times 128

Doctors Describe a Heart Reviver William L. Laurence 130

Fanfare Ushers Verdict on Tests Special to the New York Times 133

Biochemist Fears Rise of the Unfit Richard J. H. Johnston 136

Known Viruses Now Exceed 300 by North American Newspaper Alliance 138

Doctor's Dilemma: How to Keep Up Leonard Engel 140

Chapter 4 New Diseases and New Fixes for Old Ones: 1960-1999

Vaccines Hailed as Measles Doom Harold M. Schmeck Jr. 147

A Mumps Vaccine Is Licensed by U.S. Harold M. Schmeck Jr. 150

Body's Rejection of Heart Feared Harold M. Schmeck Jr. 152

X-Ray of Entire Body Shows Color TV Image Stacy V. Jones 156

New Procedure Aids Some Heart Patients Ronald Sullivan 157

Woman Gives Birth to Baby Conceived Outside the Body Special to the New York Times 160

Pregnancy Lab Reports a Success Walter Sullivan 163

New Homosexual Disorder Worries Health Officials Lawrence K. Altman 165

A Likely AIDS Cause, But Still No Cure Philip M. Boffey 171

Scientist Reports First Cloning Ever of Adult Mammal Gina Kolata 174

Chapter 5 Treatments Never Before Seen: 2000-Present

Once Again, Scientists Say Human Genome Is Complete Nicholas Wade 180

First Face Transplant Performed in the U.S. Lawrence K. Altman 187

Cloning Is Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells Andrew Pollack 189

Google and Johnson & Johnson Team for Robotic Surgery Projects Conor Dougherty 192

Prosthetic Limbs, Controlled by Thought by the New York Times 195

Veterans Groups Push for Medical Marijuana to Treat PTSD Reggie Ugwu 197

Nearly 21 Million Now Receiving AIDS Drugs, U.N. Agency Says Donald G. McNeil Jr. 201

Dr. Adel Mahmoud, Who Was Credited With HPV and Rotavirus Vaccines, Dies at 76 Denise Grady 203

Immune-Based Treatment Helps Fight Aggressive Breast Cancer, Study Finds Denise Grady 207

Glossary 212

Media Literacy Terms 213

Media Literacy Questions 215

Citations 217

Index 222