Medicine From Cave Dwellers to Millennials

by Jonathan Stolz

Medicine and disease has preoccupied man from the age of the cave dweller to the present day millennial generation. In all cultures and eras populations have sought the means to preserve health and restore it when absent. How physicians and scientists throughout history have traveled the long circuitous journey to comprehend the mysteries of the human body, origins of disease and treat the ill is the subject of this book. Written for today’s patients and medical professionals, the fast-paced narrative delivers compelling insight into older medical practices and gives the reader an appreciation of how medicine has developed through the centuries to the present. In the prehistoric era and ancient civilizations the imagination of early healthcare providers was frequently innovative. They produced a variety of treatments to help the ill and injured without knowing why they worked. Over time into the Middle Ages and Renaissance iconoclastic practitioners set a series of creative stages in motion. These pioneers confronted rigid religious and conservative medical authorities that supported longstanding ineffective medical theories. The discoveries of these pathfinders took medicine to a higher level. With the dawn of the scientific era to the new millennium medical knowledge exploded to become the powerhouse it is today. This monograph provides a thoughtful explanation on how past generations of medical revolutionaries vanquished long-standing hurdles to discover new ideas. To truly appreciate modern medicine it is vital to comprehend how far humans have progressed from that day 40,000 years ago when an unknown cave dweller for the first time fixed a broken leg to the 21st century millennial who has just received a personal genetic profile in the mail.

278 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2018

Reviews

[Orsi Perry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent reading

Dr. Stolz has written a most innovative and informative book, detailing many unknown historical medical happenings over the many thousands of years of mankind.

The detail, the research and the readability, not to mention the occasional humorous antidote, of this book make it very interesting. It is not overloaded with medical terminology, so that readers of any level or age group can easily understand and learn all about how humankind over the centuries learned to heal and help.

From the earliest healthcare practitioners to the latest scientific accomplishments, each era on the road to human understanding of the medical field is provided in this volume.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about how mankind overcame unimaginable obstacles, for history buffs, for medical and healthcare practitioners, and especially believe it would be beneficial as required reading for high school level students. It will open your eyes regarding the medical and scientific struggles we've overcome along the centuries, and the advances we have yet to achieve.

[Trae Stratton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting, fast paced “for anyone” medical history. Great resource/reference for writers seeking to sprinkling in some medicinal color or looking for a starting point to educate themselves for character building.