Preface 5
Introduction，by Dr．Hyman Miller，University of Southern California 13
PART ONE REVOLT(Internal Medicine) 15
1．Signposts to Truth．(Circulation of the Blood--1615) 19
2．Wine Casks Prove a Point．(Percussion--1761) 24
3．Extra Ears．(Stethoscope--1816) 29
4．The Stomach With a Window．(Process of Digestion--1833) 33
5．Seeing the Eye．(Ophthalmoscope--1851) 39
6．It＇s Done With Mirrors．(Laryngoscope--1854) 44
7．From Hat to Pocket．(Clinical Thermometer--1868) 48
8．When the Heart Writes．(Electrocardiograph--1903) 52
9．Unsafety Pins．(Bronchoscope--1905) 56
10．＂One Man＇s Food Is Another Man＇s Poison．＂(Doctrine of Allergy--1910) 61
11．When the Body Burns Food．(Metabolism Machine--1918) 65
12．When Sugar Is a Murderer．(Insulin--1921) 70
13．Lifesaving Liver．(Pernicious Anemia--1926) 78
14．Artificial Lung．(Iron Lung--1928) 83
PART TWO ENEMY INVASION(Germ Diseases) 87
15．In a Drop of Water．(Microscope--1683) 91
16．Something No Lady Would do．(Nursing--1856) 97
17．The Beet-juice Mystery．(Germ Theory--1864) 102
18．Transports of Death．(Spread of Disease by Insects--1878) 106
19．He Grew Germs Instead of Killing Them．(Solid Culture--1881) 112
20．Soldier Cells．(Phagocytes--1892) 118
21．What the Painless Bum Taught．(Radium--1898) 121
22．From Dye to Wonder Drug．(Sulfa Drugs--1936) 127
23．Magic Mold．(Penicillin--1940) 131
PART THREE UNDER MARTIAL LAW(Surgery) 137
24．For a Dependable Dose．(Opiates--1803) 141
25．Merciful Sleep．(Anesthesia--1846) 147
26．Weapon Against Pain．(Hypodermic Needle--1853) 153
27．The Puzzle of the Fractures．(Antisepsis--1865) 156
28．＂Boiled Hands．＂(Surgical Gloves--1890) 163
29．Threat to Modesty．(X-ray--1895) 168
30．Awake--Without Pain．(Block Anesthesia--1898) 175
31．Crusade for Health and Beauty．(Orthodontia--1900) 179
32．When Blood Is a Killer．(Blood Types--1901) 184
33．Saving Faces．(Plastic Surgery--1916) 188
34．Maps for the Wilderness．(Brain Surgery--1905-1939) 192
35．Cutting With Electricity．(Radio Knife--1923) 196
PART FOUR PREVENTING WAR(Preventive Medicine) 201
36．A Doctor Learns from Dairymaids．(Small-pox Vaccination--1796) 205
37．Health for the Nation．(Public Health Service--1848) 211
38．The Guinea Pig That Didn＇t Die．(Diphtheria Immunization--1894) 214
39．The Doctor，the Financier，and the Clergyman．(Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research--1901) 218
40．The Book That Changed a Life．(Side-chain Theory of Immunity--1904) 223
41．＂Dr．Wiley＇s Poison Squad．＂(Pure Food Law--1906) 227
42．When the Cheapest Food Was the Best．(Vitamins--1911) 232
43．Life in the Bank．(Blood Bank--1931) 239
Bibliography 245