51 Landmark Articles in Medicine (The JAMA Centennial Series)

xiv, 486 pp. "As part of their centennial celebration, the editors of JAMA have collected from their journal 51 landmark articles ranging from the first description of the relationship between platelets and hemorrhaging, to the discovery of the hepatitis virus. Some of the older pieces are hard reading but worth it for their historical perspective. The accompanying modern commentaries are generally brief and help to put the original findings into perspective." "This book is a collection of articles published weekly in the Journal of the American Medical Association from July 3, 1983, through Aug. 10, 1984, as part of the Journal's Centennial celebration. Each chapter consists of a landmark article that was originally published in the Journal and a commentary prepared for the Centennial Series by a current author. The oldest article first appeared on Aug. 30, 1884, and the most recent on Aug. 5, 1968" -- Foreword Includes bibliographies and index.