True Medical Detective Stories

True Medical Detective Stories

Modern technology has given rise to electronic medical records, remote monitoring systems, and satellite-enabled real-time examinations in which patient and physician might be separated by thousands of miles. Yet, when it comes to diagnosing difficult cases, the clinicianâ€™s strongest asset might just be one of the oldest tools of the medical professionâ€”careful listening. True Medical Detective Stories is a fascinating compendium of nineteen true-life medical cases, each solved by clinical deduction and facilitated by careful listening. These accounts present puzzling low-tech casesâ€”most of them serious, some humorousâ€”that were solved either at the bedside or by epidemiological studies. Dr. Clifton Meadorâ€™s book is a wonderful contribution to the genre of medical detective stories mastered by the legendary Berton RouechÃ©. As a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1944 until his death fifty years later, RouechÃ© popularized this form, which has provided source material for feature films and most recently supplied scenarios featured in medical television dramas, such as House. While Hollywood frequently oversimplifies and elides the real clinical situations, True Medical Detective Stories sets the record straight with a voice of authority and an engaging style rooted in the fact that most of the cases presented involve Dr. Meadorâ€™s actual patients. Dr. Meador discovered Berton RouechÃ©â€™s writing as a teenager, when he first read Eleven Blue Men. In an astonishing twist of fate, RouechÃ©, in later years, traveled to Nashville to meet with Dr. Meador and discuss one of his cases, with RouechÃ©â€™s account published posthumously under the title, The Man Who Grew Two Breasts. In a fitting tribute to RouechÃ©, this perplexing case is revisited by Dr. Meador in the opening chapter of this highly enjoyable book. True Medical Detective Stories is a captivating read that will keep you marveling over the idiosyncrasies of the human body and the ingenuity of the human mind.
Country USA
Manufacturer CreateSpace
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-07-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CreateSpace
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-07-16
Format	Kindle eBook

True Medical Detective Stories

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