on “healers” as philosophers, xv
ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology), 230, 302
Arthrex, 277–80
arthritis
overview, 190
shoulder implants for pain from, 267–68
X-rays allow doctors to see, 190
arthroscopic lenses, 278
arthroscopic surgery, 278–79, 294–96
Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip implant, 217, 219, 220, 221–25
Articular Surface Replacement (ASR XL) hip implant, 217, 219, 220
artificial general intelligence (AGI), 333
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), 230, 302
atomic theory, 149
atoxyl molecule experimentation, 126–27
attorneys’ fees for MDL litigation against DePuy, 225
Aubertin, Ernest, 310–11
augmentation surgery, 289–90
Austenal Laboratories, 192
Australia, 221, 222
Austrian War, 166
autoplasticity process, 187
autopsy of young man who had a heart attack, 80–84
azo dyes (aniline derivatives), 126, 128
B
Bacon, Francis, 39, 43–45, 45–46, 61, 65, 290
bacteriology, 115–18, 130, 173–74, 329
Bad Medicine (Wootton), xiii
Bakken, Earl, 239–40, 241, 242
Balanced Budget Act (1997), 206
barbers as Barber-Surgeons, 65–66
barbers as bloodletters, 29
barber-surgery, 29–30
Barrow, Isaac, 51
basal ganglia, 315, 316, 317–18
Bassinio, Edoardo, 181
Bauer, Göran, 220
Bayer, 127–29
Baylor Medical School, Houston, 228
Baylor University Medical Center, 200