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Protagonists of Medicine

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Domenico Ribatti

    1. Policlinico, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

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  • Historical approach to the medicine help to the knowledge of the present
  • Immunology has fascinated and inspired some of the greatest scientists of our time and numerous Nobel prizes have been awarded for fundamental discoveries in immunology
  • Advances in vascular biology in the last century have contributed to the development of many therapies and preventive strategies

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Immunology and pathology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Foreword

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 3-6

    3. Paul Ehrlich’s Doctoral Thesis: A Milestone in the Study of Mast Cells

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 7-11

    4. The Contribution of Gianni Bonadonna to the History of Chemotherapy

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 13-17

    5. Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and the Clonal Selection Theory of Antibody Formation

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 19-26

    6. The Contribution of Bruce Glick to the Definition of the Role Played by the Bursa of Fabricius in the Development of the B-Cell Lineage

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 27-32

    7. Miller’s Seminal Studies on the Role of Thymus in Immunity

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 33-39

    8. The Fundamental Contribution of Robert A. Good to the Discovery of the Crucial Role of Thymus in Mammalian Immunity

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 41-46

    9. The Fundamental Contribution of Jan C. Waldenström to the Discovery and Study of the So-Called Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 47-51

  3. Vascular biology and angiogenesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Foreword

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 55-58

    3. Giulio Bizzozero and the Discovery of Platelets

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 59-62

    4. A milestone in the Study of the Vascular System: Wilhelm Roux’s Doctoral Thesis on the Bifurcation of Blood Vessels

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 63-64

    5. Stephen Paget and the “Seed and Soil” Theory of Metastatic Dissemination

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 65-71

    6. The Contribution of Roberto Montesano to the Study of Interactions Between Epithelial Sheets and the Surrounding Extracellular Matrix

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 73-82

    7. The Seminal Work of Werner Risau in the Study of the Development of the Vascular System

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 83-91

    8. Judah Folkman, A Pioneer in the Study of Angiogenesis

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 93-104

    9. The Contribution of Harold F. Dvorak to the Study of Tumour Angiogenesis and Stroma Generation Mechanisms

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 105-110

    10. Napoleone Ferrara and the Saga of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

      • Domenico Ribatti
      Pages 111-121
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About this book

The study of medical history is interesting in itself and may help to modify the view sometimes expressed that medical students and doctors are lacking in culture of any sort. Moreover, some historical perspective is often advantageous when one is considering the multitude of advances that are now taking place in the theory and practice of medicine.

This book, containing a series of collected papers concerning immunology and pathology and vascular biology and angiogenesis, drives us through scientific milestones in the history of medicine in the course of the past two centuries and highlights the contribution of pioneering scientists whose discoveries have paved the way to many researchers working in the fields of cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, pathology, and oncology.

This book will serve as a resource for scientists, historians of medicine and philosophers of science and medicine.

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  • Policlinico, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

    Domenico Ribatti

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