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Cardiology: the Evolution of the Science and the Art

Nature Medicine volume 5, pages 1229–1230 (1999)Cite this article

Cardiology: the Evolution of the Science and the Art

  • Richard Bing
, editor Rutgers University Press, $55, 368 pp., 1999 081-35262-72 | ISBN: 0-813-52627-2

Although many authors contributed to the text, Richard Bing's input into each of the chapters allowed him to accomplish a major goal stated in the preface: "to dwell on the mind and emotions, on the lives of the scientists and physicians, their successes and failures, their struggles and disappointments." We learn that Helen Taussig gained many of her insights on congenital heart disease from the flouroscope, because her hearing impairment prevented effective auscultation. Rene Favaloro moved from general surgery practice in a small Argentinian farming village to the Cleveland Clinic because he "could no longer watch the revolution in cardiac surgery" from a distance." William Rashkind was a "brilliant human being" who "loved good food and wine" so much that "he traveled widely in the disguise of medical education."

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Wagner, G. Cardiology: the Evolution of the Science and the Art. Nat Med 5, 1229–1230 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/15175

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