A History of Gastric Secretion and Digestion: Experimental Studies to 1975 [Hardcover]

Horace W. Davenport (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0195073932 | ISBN-13: 978-0195073935

This book examines the history of experimental study in gastric secretion and digestion. The author identifies the scientific questions that have occupied researchers and discusses the experiments that have led to their solutions. By isolating aspects of experimental study and tracing their evolution over the years, the book provides gastric physiologists and gastroenterologists with a solid understanding of the intellectual history of their field.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A comprehensive review of the early history of gastric physiology." --New England Journal of Medicine

"Davenport has written an account of the subject that anyone who is interested in its past -- or its future -- should read. The story is told in a way that conveys the rhythm and the motivation of the work of the next century and a half. The history here is all science, loaded with information, well referenced, and written with a critical eye on the evolution of methods. The book is nonetheless warm and deeply human in its appreciation of the contributions of individual scientists. Davenport describes other people's work with care and precision throughout the book. The essence that distills is Davenport's own love of science." --Science

"The book is informative and provides a reference source for gastric physiology research spanning two centuries. The book will be of greatest interest to serious gastrointestinal investigators and medical historians with major interests in the evolution of our knowledge of gastric physiology." --The American Journal of Gastroenterology

"A detailed, thorough, valuable history by one of the fathers of contemporary gastroenterologic physiology....Carefully documented with an extensive bibliography....Highly recommended for collections covering gastroenterology, physiology, and medical history."--Annals of Internal Medicine

"There exists no comparable current evaluation of the subject. At the end of four-hundred and fourteen pages, I was close to ecstasy. The volume ios well-organized and the writing style lucid and relaxed. . . . vivid and exciting reading. Wonderful illustrations of arcane pieces of apparatus are interspersed with graphs. The book abounds with gems of comment, anecdote, and science. . . . begins where all other book son the subject have ended. . . . no less than a gastric odyssey and Davenport is its Homer." --Journal of the History of Medicine

"A comprehensive, logical history of gastric secretion and digestion. . . . well-researched, scholarly history." --Basil I. Hirschowitz, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

"There is no history of gastroenterology either for the whole field or the separate organs. Present and future gastroenterologist, especially exocrinologists, will forever be indebted to Horace Davenport for giving us this unique and masterly critical history."--J.H. Baron

About the Author

Horace W. Davenport is at University of Michigan.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 2, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195073932
• ISBN-13: 978-0195073935
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,404,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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