Like the History of Medicine? Read these 10 books | Patrick Kelly
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
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0:36 The Great Influenza www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
2:38 The Ghost Map www.amazon.com/gp/product/159...
4:13 The Icepick Surgeon www.amazon.com/gp/product/031...
5:49 The Disappearing Spoon www.amazon.com/gp/product/031...
6:04 Brains Explained www.amazon.com/gp/product/168...
7:43 Awakenings www.amazon.com/gp/product/037...
10:12 The King's Anatomist www.historythroughfiction.com...
11:42 Heart: A History www.amazon.com/gp/product/125...
13:24 The Anthropocene Reviewed www.amazon.com/gp/product/052...
14:40 AntiVaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement www.amazon.com/gp/product/026...
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You should add the Emperor of all Maladies a Biography of Cancer by Siddartha Mukherjee. It ranks as one of the best books I’ve ever read. Don’t let the size of the book deter you.
That is such a good one! Also basically a history of chemotherapy.
I just finished that the other day. I really like Siddhartha Mukherjee. He's a top rate author. Right now, I'm reading his book The Laws of Medicine.
I'm reading his Song of the Cell right now
@@mizkcreations that's a great book. I reviewed that on my channel. I really like all his stuff.
It’s ideal as an audio book - easier to get through given the size, but also well narrated
I know this is an older video, but Rats, Lice, and History by Hans Zinsser. He was an early epidemiologist who spent his career studying typhus, and wrote this book in (iirc) the 1930s. He starts out with the history of disease and diagnosis, and the effects of disease on history, then goes into a specific discussion of typhus and its vectors-the rats and lice of the title. His discussion of the progression of a typhus infection in a louse is both informative and sympathetic, since he worked with them all the time, and even rather funny, when he describes the louse’s death as “giving up its tiny ghost.” It’s a remarkably interesting read, and one I’ve gone back to over the years to actually reread.
I’d also recommend “American Plague” by Mary Crosby. Although it details the epidemic in Memphis, it also thoroughly describes Walter Reed’s discovery of the mosquito as a vector of yellow fever.
Great recommendation! I've never heard about it. I did a brief dive into the Walter Reed story for a video about the YF vaccine, but I'd love to go deeper. Thanks for the recommendation!
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is an amazing read. I was a year ahead of him in high school, and remember him. He doesn't overstate what a big deal his dad was in that town. Not an academic text at all, but a memoir about how (and more importantly, why) he went from being a philosophy major to a neurosurgeon. It's a great book. Make sure to have a box of Kleenex handy.
Also "the poisoners hadnbook" it goes over the early field of toxicology and some of the main players in its development along wiht explaining the biology and detection methods of the poisons listed
Oooh yes I like me some toxicology
I second this book!
Thanks for the review!! You are amazing. What a lineup of other amazing books, too!
Thank you two for making such good things!
Nine pints. Probably not nerdy enough for your tastes but a genuinely fun read about blood.
Oooooh, my library has that one! Good call
I can only recommend “the butchering art“
It’s about Joseph Lister!
I really loved The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks too! Good video! 👍🏼
Thanks! My two absolute favourites are: Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Emperor of All Maladies and Atul Gawande: Being Mortal
Let's hear those recommendations!
I was waiting for two of the classics Microbe Hunters from Paul de Kruif and Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome. by Henry Gee
Not a book. But the podcast :"this podcast will kill you". 2 epidemiologist going over a disease each week, including it's history, biology, and where we stand with it today.
I'd love to DM but hopefully you'll see this. I'm a reality medical junkie (i.e. 24 Hours in the A&E and the like) and wish there were more documentaries about the history of medical equipment - from the stethoscope to bp cuff onto sonography, CT, MRI, and all the stuff in between. I mean who first figured out cauterizing and how to use it without setting fire to things.
I wish Ken Burns would delve in but I DO appreciate your videos. OH!!! PERFUSION!!
Thank you for these recommendations I'm definitely gonna check them out. You're enthusiasm and passion for the literature shines through for each book
Medical detective stories...my favorite - cheers! I'll definitely go right down the list of recommendations, perfect reading for this time of year...
And Dr Oliver Sacks? I have every book he ever wrote except his last one, which is on my to-do list of course....
The Speckled Monster by Jennifer Lee Carrell is a really good historical fiction book about early smallpox variolation, the interesting people who brought awareness of these primitive “vaccines” and society’s reaction. It brings in known characters like Ben Franklin and Cotton Mather. Overall, very well done. The book was written well before COVID but could have predicted the hysteria we all witnessed.
I loved all of Sack's books. I'm an old nurse, and love medical history. However, as I recall from the book, levodopa eventually had bad effects on the "awakened" patients, and had to be withdrawn. But I don't think we ever figured out where this disease came from, although I think there was some speculation that it was an aftermath of the Spanish flu, much like long-COVID or Guillan-Barre syndrome.
The Levodopa somewhat gradually wore off and the patients went back to their former selves if I remember correctly. Last time I checked, there was still one patient still living but that was nearly 10 years ago. I imagine that he's long gone. Have you read Asleep by Molly Caldwell Crosby? She tells about specific cases of the disease and their outcomes. She does bring up Levodopa and the Dr Sacks.
Define “Long Covid” please 🙏
Excellent recommendations and thoughtful critique. Thank you so much.
I read The DIsppearing Spoon a while ago after being enlightened by some chemistry courses I was taking and it was an awesome read. I also recommend Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams. Both authors do such an awesome job at diving into the history of the different elements and their discoveries, as well as their uses in the medical field and so forth!
The very first book I own in audiobook format. I am very interested in infectious diseases, epidemiology, and whatever. Awakenings was made into a movie starring Robin Williams. Even my 10 year old son cried a bit watching it. I read the book, as well. I'm definitely going to check out your suggestions.
If you haven't already read it...
Asleep by Molly Caldwell Crosby (Encephalitis Lethargica)
Brain on Fire By Susannah Cahalan
Love this type of video already looking forward to the next one
I’m always looking for new medical history books to devour
So I’m definitely going to scout out all the comments later on for some good recommendations
It would also be pretty cool to see a video like this where you recommend movies or TV shows two
Since there’s probably a lot more out there then just the knick that would be ideal for us medical history nerds to know about and watch
A TV AND MOVIE ROUNDUP IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA OHH MY GOODNESS!!!!
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Thank you for this 🙌
Another gold mine channel that I found out .... Subscribed ✅
That's so nice of you to say, thank you, and welcome
Your channel has become one of my favorites recently ! Can you give us book recs about the history of pharmaceuticals, medicinal botany and poisons?
I appreciate that! I do more book stuff on social media: @patkellyteaches on everything
Empire of the Scalpel
Anatomy of Addiction
Stiff: a history of Cadavers
are three stand outs for me
Thank you for the recommendations! My favorite medical history is The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis by Thomas Dormandy.
you missed The Great Mortality by John Kelly about the plague. Absolutely fascinating.
I hadn't read it at the time, but now have it sitting on my bookshelf!
Always down for a library or bookstore trip. Thanks for the recommendations. AntiVaxxers seems like a really fun read that I'm hoping will be available somewhere that isn't Amazon
Same here. I will often choose restaurants to eat at based on their proximity to book stores
I absolutely loved Under the Knife, by Arnold van de Laar.
To "The Butchering Art" already suggested I'd add:-
Under the Knife by Arnold van de Laar
Blood and Guts by Richard Hollingham
Blessed Days of Anaethesia by Stephanie J Snow
Wounded by Emily Mayhew
The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat by Eric Lax
The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager
Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold
Cholera, Chloroform and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow by Peter Vinten-Johansen, Howard Brody, Nigel Paneth, Stephen Rachman and Michael Russell Rip
William Ostler: A Life in Medicine by Michael Bliss
I have some recommendations:
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time, by John Kelly
Plagues and Peoples, by William McNeill
Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande
I'll have to check out "Brains Explained" as I've not read before. I have a copy of "The Brain - An Illustrated History of Neuroscience" by Tom Jackson on my window shelf in front of me. Thanks for sharing.
Found your channel recently by watching Knowing Better, and what a fantastic find! Even though this video is almost two years old, I guess it doesn't hurt to add a recomendation: from watching this video, I think you'll love, in case you haven't read it already, "The Emperor of All Maladies", by Siddhartha Mukherjee. It tells the story of how we came to understand the disease the way we do and why it is so difficult to tackle it. It includes stories of discoveries of drugs, exams, treatments, surgeries, public policies and also stories of patients. One of the best books I've ever read, regardless of subject. Cheers!
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. I’m about halfway through Emperor - It’s a great read but it’s a thick one, especially when I’m taking notes on it!
I’d recommend Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born by Tina Cassidy.
John Greene .. so good
Have you read E. Richard Brown. Rockefeller medicine men: medicine and capitalism in America. It may give you a slightly different view of allopathic medicine.
Any updates for 2023?
Hey Patrick !
Don’t forget to keep up with them BOOSTERS 💉
We all gotta do our part, after all -- to SAVE GRANDMA , yes ? 😉
Not gonna rec something, since I'm just setting foot into this territory (there's a ton!! of 📚out there I wanna read for yrs n yrs to come)...but here to say thanku :) I really enjoyed watching ur last 2 book recs (on *Corporis* chnl) ...I've yet to pick *Aroused* by Randi Hutter(which u've discussed about, numerous times by now), Mary Roach's...now I've few more to add to the list :) ....like John's n Sam kean's book (btw, I'm currently reading *The Disappearing spoon* : his dry humor is amazing)....um, thanku again🙃...I babbled a lot, sorry(not sorry😅).
Also, all up for book reviews🙂.. *bring 'em on!* 😉
Amazing coincidence :D John just uploaded a vlog where he talks about *Anthropecene reviewed* book being out for 3 months....u didn't have to hear about that, did u? 😄
@@surenderbeniwal8578 I literally have that video loaded in another browser tab as I'm typing this :)
@@PatKellyTeaches hehe😄😄...another nerdfighter!
Ohhh Mary Roach’s Stiffs is a lot of fun!
- The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: a neurologist showcasing some weird cases he has seen (an apraxia case that became the namesake of the book, a case of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, etc)
- The Butchering Art: goes into the history of surgery, common surgical instruments like the stethoscope, and antiseptic techniques.
- The Hot Zone: chronicles some major filovirus outbreaks in the world (Marburg virus in the US and Ebola virus discovery).
- My stroke of insight: a neurologist detailed her experiences of living through her own stroke.
- King of hearts: story of C. Walton Lillehei and the early days of cardiothoracic surgery (plus invention of the heart lung machine and pacemaker).