Hutchinson Trends in Science: Medicine and Health Science -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Overview: medicine in the 20th century -- Introduction -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prevention -- Politics -- Challenges for the future -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth (1901-1968) -- Alzheimer, Alois (1864-1915) -- Apgar, Virginia (1909-1974) -- Axelrod, Julius (1912-2004) -- Baltimore, David (1938- ) -- retroviruses -- career -- Banting, Frederick Grant (1891-1941) -- Barnard, Christiaan Neethling (1922-2001) -- Barr, Murray Llewellyn (1908-1995) -- Bayliss, William Maddock (1860-1924) -- Benacerraf, Baruj (1920- ) -- immune response -- life -- Best, Charles H(erbert) (1899-1978) -- Bodmer, Walter Fred (1936- ) -- Boyd Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr (1880-1971) -- Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann (1903-1995) -- Calne, Roy Yorke (1930- ) -- Cannon, Walter B(radford) (1871-1945) -- Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944) -- Chain, Ernst Boris (1906-1979) -- Charnley, John (1911-1982) -- Cohen, Stanley (1922- ) -- Cushing, Harvey Williams (1869-1939) -- Delbrück, Max (1906-1981) -- Doll, (William) Richard Shaboe (1912-2005) -- Domagk, Gerhard (1895-1964) -- Donald, Ian (1910-1987) -- Drew, Charles Richard (1904-1950) -- Dubos, René Jules (1901-1982) -- Edwards, Robert Geoffrey (1925- ) -- Ehrlich, Paul (1854-1915) -- Eijkman, Christiaan (1858-1930) -- Einthoven, Willem (1860-1927) -- Elion, Gertrude Belle (1918-1999) -- Fleming, Alexander (1881-1955) -- Florey, Howard Walter (1898-1968) -- Baron Florey -- life -- penicillin -- other antibiotics -- Forssmann, Werner (1904-1979) -- Gibbon, John Heysham (1903-1973) -- Gillies, Sir Harold Delf (1882-1960) -- Hershey, Alfred Day (1908-1997) -- Hill, Austin Bradford (1897-1991) -- Hopkins, Frederick Gowland (1861-1947) -- Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold (1919-2004).

Isaacs, Alick (1921-1967) -- Jerne, Niels Kaj (1911-1994) -- Köhler, Georges Jean Franz (1946-1995) -- Landsteiner, Karl (1868-1943) -- Levi-Montalcini, Rita (1909-2000) -- Macleod, John James Rickard (1876-1935) -- Medawar, Peter Brian (1915-1987) -- Menninger, Charles Frederick (1862-1953) -- Montagnier, Luc (1932- ) -- Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri (1866-1936) -- Papanicolaou, George Nicholas (1883-1962) -- Pincus, Gregory Goodwin (1903-1967) -- Prusiner, Stanley Ben (1942- ) -- Ross, Ronald (1857-1932) -- Sabin, Albert Bruce (1906-1993) -- life -- polio vaccine -- Salk, Jonas Edward (1914-1995) -- Sanger, Margaret Louise (1883-1966) -- born Margaret Higgins -- Sherrington, Charles Scott (1857-1952) -- Spock, Benjamin (McLane) (1903-1998) -- Starling, Ernest Henry (1866-1927) -- Steptoe, Patrick Christopher (1913-1988) -- Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (1880-1958) -- Thomas, Lewis (1913-1993) -- Weatherall, David John (1933- ) -- Whipple, George Hoyt (1878-1976) -- Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992) -- Wright, Almroth Edward (1861-1947) -- Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921- ) -- Yersin, Alexandre Émile John (1863-1943) -- Web sites -- AIDS and HIV Information -- Alternative Medicine Centre -- Animated Medical Graphics -- Antibiotics: How Do Antibiotics Work? -- Antibody Resource Page -- Aspirin - Molecule of the Month -- Banting, Sir Frederick Grant -- Biography of Emil Adolf Behring -- Children's Health -- Chorionic Villus Sampling -- Discovery of Insulin -- Fleming, Alexander -- Gertrude B Elion Profile -- Human Anatomy Online -- Internet Drug Index -- Margaret Sanger Papers Project -- MedicineNet -- Merck Manual, The -- Microbe Zoo -- National Health Service (NHS) -- Patient Advice -- Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook -- Virtual Body -- Virtual Hospital -- Visible Embryo -- Visible Human Project -- Vitamins and Dietary Supplements -- Glossary.

abortion -- (Latin aborire 'to miscarry') -- deliberate termination -- abortion as birth control -- legality -- miscarriage -- abscess -- Achilles tendon -- acne -- acute -- adenoids -- afterbirth -- AIDS -- acronym for acquired immune deficiency syndrome -- diagnosis of AIDS -- treatment -- worldwide statistics -- UK -- international conference -- sub-Saharan Africa -- South and Southeast Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Eastern Europe -- North America -- Western Europe -- the Pacific -- China -- cheaper AIDS drugs -- alkaloid -- allergy -- Alzheimer's disease -- causes -- diagnosis -- treatment -- amniocentesis -- anabolic steroid -- anaemia -- anaesthetic -- analgesic -- aneurysm -- angina -- or angina pectoris -- anorexia -- antacid -- antibiotic -- antibody -- anticoagulant -- antidepressant -- anti-emetic -- antigen -- antihistamine -- antitussive -- anxiety -- aphasia -- appendicitis -- arrhythmia -- arteriosclerosis -- arthritis -- artificial insemination -- AI -- artificial respiration -- asepsis -- asphyxia -- aspirin -- asthma -- astigmatism -- ataxia -- atheroma -- atherosclerosis -- atrophy -- attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- ADHD -- auscultation -- autoimmunity -- bacille Calmette-Guérin -- bacillus -- back pain -- bacteria -- singular bacterium -- origin of antibiotics -- antiseptics and disinfectants -- role in food manufacture and industry -- structure -- classification -- environment -- interaction between bacteria -- prehistoric bacteria -- barbiturate -- B cell -- or B lymphocyte -- B cell -- BCG -- behaviour therapy -- benzodiazepine -- beriberi -- beta-blocker -- biopsy -- blood pressure -- blood test -- botulism -- bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- BSE -- or mad cow disease -- BSE in Britain -- controversy in Europe -- BSE in Europe -- BSE in Asia -- BSE in North America.

brainstem -- breast cancer -- treatment -- risk factors -- bronchitis -- bronchodilator -- bulimia -- (Greek 'ox hunger') -- burn -- Caesarean section -- Campylobacter -- cancer -- causes -- cancer genes -- treatment -- Candida albicans -- carcinogen -- carcinoma -- caries -- cataract -- catarrh -- catheter -- CAT scan -- or CT scan -- acronym for computerized axial tomography scan -- cauterization -- cellulite -- cephalosporin -- cerebral haemorrhage -- or apoplectic fit -- cerebral palsy -- cervical cancer -- cervical smear -- chancroid -- or soft sore -- chemotherapy -- chickenpox -- or varicella -- chickenpox -- chlamydia -- cholecystectomy -- cholesterol -- chorea -- chorion -- chorionic villus sampling -- CVS -- chronic -- chronic fatigue syndrome -- CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or postviral fatigue syndrome -- cirrhosis -- clavicle -- (Latin clavis 'key') -- clinical psychology -- coccus -- plural cocci -- cocktail effect -- codeine -- coeliac disease -- cognitive therapy -- or cognitive behaviour therapy -- colic -- colitis -- collagen -- collagen therapy -- coma -- computerized axial tomography -- concussion -- congenital disease -- conjunctivitis -- contraceptive -- convulsion -- corticosteroid -- cortisone -- cot death -- or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- CJD -- Crohn's disease -- or regional ileitis -- croup -- cryptosporidium -- cystic fibrosis -- inheriting the disease -- treatment -- gene therapy -- cystic fibrosis -- cystitis -- cytology -- cytotoxic drug -- defibrillation -- delirium -- dementia -- depression -- dermatitis -- dermatology -- diabetes -- cell transplant treatment -- dialysis -- diarrhoea -- diet -- carbohydrates and fibre -- proteins -- fats -- minerals -- vitamins -- special diets -- malnutrition and poor nutrition -- dilatation and curettage -- D and C -- diphtheria.

diuretic -- diverticulitis -- Down's syndrome -- dysentery -- ECG -- eclampsia -- ectopic -- eczema -- EEG -- electrocardiogram -- ECG -- electroconvulsive therapy -- ECT -- or electroshock therapy -- electroencephalogram -- EEG -- embolism -- embryology -- emetic -- emphysema -- encephalitis -- endocrine gland -- endocrine gland -- endometriosis -- endorphin -- endoscopy -- epilepsy -- euthanasia -- expectorant -- Fallopian tube -- or oviduct -- fertility drug -- fertilization -- fertilization -- fertilization -- fetal therapy -- fever -- fibula -- fistula -- folic acid -- food poisoning -- gallstone -- gangrene -- gastroenteritis -- gene therapy -- trials -- vectors -- genetic disease -- genetic screening -- geriatrics -- German measles -- or rubella -- glandular fever -- or infectious mononucleosis -- glaucoma -- glue ear -- or secretory otitis media -- gluten -- goitre -- gonorrhoea -- gonorrhoea -- gout -- diet -- gynaecology -- haematology -- haemophilia -- haemorrhage -- haemorrhoids -- haemostasis -- heart attack -- or myocardial infarction -- heatstroke -- or sunstroke -- hepatitis -- hernia -- or rupture -- herpes -- herpes -- histamine -- histology -- HIV -- abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus -- transmission -- the development of HIV -- HIV statistics -- HIV and babies -- HIV variants and risk -- prevention programmes -- vaccines -- Hodgkin's disease -- or lymphadenoma -- hormone -- the endocrine system -- regulation of blood glucose -- hormones in reproduction -- hormones and sport -- hormones in agriculture -- adrenalin -- thyroxine -- the pancreas -- secretin -- discovery and absence of hormones -- interaction of hormones -- hormone-replacement therapy -- HRT -- human body -- skeleton -- human body -- human body -- Huntington's chorea -- hydrocephalus -- hyoscine -- or scopolamine -- hyperactivity -- hypermetropia.

or long-sightedness.