Medicine and the reign of technology

List of illustrations Preface 1. Examination of the patient in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 2. The stethoscope and the detection of pathology by sound 3. Visual technology and the anatomization of the living 4. The microscope and the revelation of a cellular universe 5. The translation of physiological actions into the languages of machines 6. Chemical signposts of disease and the birth of the diagnostic laboratory 7. Medical specialism and the centralization of medical care 8. The shortcomings of technology in medical decision making 9. Selection and evaluation of evidence in medicine 10. Telecommunication, automation, and medical practice 11. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.