New Zealand, 222
NIS (National Inpatient Sample), 290–91
nitrous oxide, 149, 152–53
Nixon, Richard M., 215–16
Novak, Robert, 205
Noyes, Henry, 170
O
Oeuvres (Paré), 30–31
Of the seats and causes of diseases investigated through anatomy (Morgagni), 84–85
Okun, Michael, 321
O’Malley, C. D., 33
On Anatomical Procedures (Galen), xviii
“On Miasmata and Contagia” (Henle), 109, 114
“On the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium” (Fleming), 131
On the Fabric of the Human Body (Vesalius), xviii
On the Motion of the Heart (Harvey), 59, 65
On the Natural Faculties (Galen), xi
“On the Nature of Things” (Lucretius), xiv, 26
On the Origin of Species (Darwin), 337
“On Tuberculosis” (Koch), 118–20
ophthalmology, 303
opium
overview, 144–45
commercialization of, 74–75
morphine from, 145
Oporinus, Johannes, 36
oral surgery dental implants, 305
organic implants, 229
orthopedic surgeons, 163, 290
Osler, Sir William, 20, 175, 179, 247
otolaryngology, 301
oversight and entitlement
overview, 200
discrimination and segregation, 196–98, 206–7
See also health insurance
“Overview of Operating Room Procedures During Inpatient Stays in U.S. Hospitals, 2014”
(AHRQ), 291
oxygen, 145, 146–47, 148
P
pacemakers, 221, 225, 232, 242, 290, 298