Medical Mavericks, Volume 1 (Digital Download)

by Hugh Desaix Riordan, M.D. | Published: December 1988 | Length: 102 pages

This book could just as accurately have been titled “One person can make a difference” or “Burn him at the stake and use damp straw.”

Often reviled by their contemporaries but revered by subsequent generations, these medical mavericks blazed the trail of scientific progress. These tales of discovery, personal hardship, court intriques, and hardball professional rivalry make for fascinating reading.

This is the perfect book for medical professionals, history buffs, and anyone who just wants to be entertained with incredible anecdotes about pioneers in the field of medicine.

Medical Mavericks will raise the eyebrows of most, make others chuckle, and bring a sense of relief to contemporary mavericks, who can take comfort in the thought that at least they aren’t being burned at the stake.

Table of Contents

1. Maverick
2. Dedication
3. Acknowledgements
4. Foreword
5. Leopold Auenbrugger
6. Roger Bacon
7. Elizabeth Blackwell
8. Zabdiel Boylston
9. Pietro d’Abano
10. Claudius Galenus
11. Joseph Goldberger
12. Georg Groddeck
13. William Harvey
14. Henry Hill Hickman
15. Hippocrates
16. Antoine Lavoisier
17. Joseph Lister
18. Ephraim McDowell
19. William Morton
20. Paracelsus
21. Louis Pasteur
22. Miguel Serveto or Servetus
23. Postscript
24. Chronological List
25. Footnotes
26. Bibliography