English

The Code Of Life

In this book the author relates in popular language about the latest attainments of biology and medicine, and about the future of these sciences. The reader will learn about exciting operation on the heart, the mystery of cancer, the use of electronics in - medicine and about ingenious experiments aimed at extracting fresh information. He will get acquainted with viruses and the construction of the living cell, and will learn about the role of the new and rapidly developing molecular biology. Anatoly Shvarts Physician and writer Anatoly Shvarts had done much to popularize biology and medicine. He has written several widely-read books about Russian doctors and physiologists. In “The Code of Life” Shvarts takes the present-day level of biology and medicine and extends it into the future. The book was translated from the Russian by George Yankovsky and was published by Peace publishers in 1966. CONTENTS Part One Medicine takes off 8 HEALING THE HEART 9 In a Vicious Circle 10 Three Barriers 14 Cold—Enemy or Friend? 20 The “Sputnik” of Surgery 26 THE DOCTOR AND THE ELECTRON 29 Interviewing the Heart 31 Proteins Broadcast 36 Surgery in Full View 41 Diagnostic Complex 49 An Electronic Col

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