Contents

Preface

Introduction

ONE: Dilemma

TWO: Paper, Prophet, and Printing Press

THREE: Vesalius and De Humani Corporis Fabrica

FOUR: The Rise of Science

FIVE: Harvey and Hunter

SIX: Pathology

SEVEN: Germs

EIGHT: Antibiotics

NINE: Anesthesia

TEN: Elective Surgery

ELEVEN: Vitallium

TWELVE: Oversight and Entitlement

THIRTEEN: Device Clearance

FOURTEEN: Medical Industrial Complex and Medical Devices

FIFTEEN: Surgery of the Heart

SIXTEEN: Specialization in Surgery

SEVENTEEN: Implant Revolution

EIGHTEEN: The Birth of Sports Medicine

NINETEEN: Calculating the Impact

TWENTY: Brain Implants

TWENTY-ONE: Cyborg Future and Homo Electrus

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Index