The History of New Innovations in Modern Medicine: New Thought and the Threat to Traditional Medicine

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The wheels of change have forever been gummed up by those who fear its constant movement. However, the pursuit of progress is both the burden and responsibility of those who seek out new information, new technologies, and new means of discovery. For generations, the field of medicine, has neither been immune to the dissenters of free-thinking and progress nor its ugly consequences, and the stories of those who have struggled against the machine of power and money have been, by some accounts, swept under the rug of history. For the first time, authors Dr. James Okun and Evangelita Goodwell seek to shed light on these brave individuals who revolutionized the field of medicine with their insight and intellectual pursuits, and have forever changed the face of medicine in the modern world. Spanning hundreds of years of medical history, Okun and Goodwell illuminate the shadowy past of medical discovery as a means of calling attention to the importance of progress over the will of the powerful. Additional Foreign Reviews: Verified 5 Star Review amazon.uk 03/13/2017 "Pioneers in Medicine" Dr Arthur Schopenhauer, a 19th century German philosopher stated: "All truth passes through three steps: First it is ridiculed. Secondly, it is violently opposed. Third it is accepted as being self evident." The authors bare their souls as they take us on a journey through time, and the medical innovations that were initially ridiculed, yet saved Dr Okun's life on several occasions. We learn about Dr Willem Kolff, the creator of the first dialysis machine, Dr Foley and the Foley catheter, Dr Semmelweis who saved the lives of millions when he emphasised the role of hand washing in the prevention of sepsis... In more recent years, Dr Barry J. Marshall and Dr Robin Warren were ridiculed when they suggested that the spiral shaped bacteria, Helicobacter pylori caused gastric ulcers and could be treated by inexpensive antibiotics. Happily, they were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005! Poet and philosopher Eli Siegel and "Aesthetic Realism" have been a key healing influence on the authors' healing journey. Dr Okun's wife Evangelita Goodwell states: "In my Life, there is one important thing that I've learned from Eli Siegel and Aesthetic Realism , and that is that the fight in me between contempt and respect and the making one of them in myself is like what makes for great literature, beautiful poems and beautiful art which is the making one of opposites." Read more