The Battle Against Heart Disease : A Physician Traces the History of Man's Achievements in This Field for the General Reader (Paperback)

1. Preliminary reconnaissance by the early Greeks; 2. Reappraisal during the Renaissance; 3. The circulation discovered; 4. Respiration and its purpose; 5. The structure and function of the heart; 6. Simultaneous attack on the joints and the heart; 7. The foxglove as a therapeutic weapon; 8. 'Tapping and listening; 9. The use and misuse of the stethoscope; 10. The generation of electricity in the heart; 11. Disorders of rate and rhythm; 12. The lifeline threatened; 13. Preventing and combating 'heart attacks'; 14. The heart under pressure; 15. Invasion of the heart by bacteria; 16. Pump failure; 17. Congenital heart disease; 18. The triumphs of surgery.