Plagues, Potions & Progress – A Journey Through Medical History
By Vlad Pop
Length55m
About this audiobook
Plagues, Potions & Progress is a captivating journey through the history of medicine—from ancient skull surgeries and medieval monastery care to modern ethical dilemmas and organ transplants. Vlad Pop weaves science, philosophy, and humanity into a powerful narrative that explores not only how we heal, but why. Insightful, accessible, and deeply human, this book invites readers to reflect on the past to better understand the medicine of today—and tomorrow.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (3)
GenreHistory
Length55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 19, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: From Bone Drills to Biomedical Breakthroughs – The Evolution of Medicine
2Chapter 2: Breakthroughs & Bloodletting – The Greatest Moments in Medical History
3Chapter 3: Morals, Medicine & Meaning – What Is Medical Ethics, Really?
4Chapter 4: Doctors, Ideology & Death – Medicine in the Third Reich
5Chapter 5: Life Before Birth – The Ethics and Reality of Prenatal Diagnosis
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter 6: Principles in Practice – Can Ethics Save Modern Medicine?
7Chapter 7: The Good Doctor – Ethics, Oaths, and the Physician's Calling
8Chapter 8: From Miasmas to Microbes – The Story of Epidemics
9Chapter 9: Through the Doctor's Eyes – The Ethics of Seeing in Medicine
10Chapter 10: When You Can’t Speak – The Ethics and Limits of Advance Directives
11Chapter 11: Between Life and Death – The Ethics and Science of Brain Death
12Chapter 12: Final Choices – The Ethics of Assisted Dying
More from Vlad Pop
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m4.6 (2.6K)$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h4.6 (5.2K)$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m4.6 (3.2K)$33 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m4.6 (3.2K)$18 · $0.00
Fall and RiseMitchell Zuckoff17h 23m4.6 (9.8K)$40 · $0.00
The SurvivorJosef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin9h 22m4.6 (2.5K)$29 · $0.00
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 (Annotated)Alexis de Tocqueville17h 25m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
All the Gallant MenDonald Stratton, Ken Gire5h 55m4.6 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Saint Joan (Annotated)George Bernard Shaw6h 20m4.6 (1.2K)$1.20 · $0.00
You may also like
AzadiArundhati Roy6h 15m4.2 (5.1K)$17 · $0.00
Invisible LaborRachel Somerstein10h 34m4.2 (803)$29 · $0.00
Revolution and Other EssaysJack London6h 8m4.2 (262)$2.30
Inverse CowgirlAlicia Roth Weigel6h 31m4.1 (1.7K)$24 · $0.00
I Want to Burn this Place DownMaris Kreizman4h 40m3.5 (2.1K)$20 · $0.00
BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Annotated)Friedrich Nietzsche8h 46m4.2 (197.2K)$2 · $0.00
City of a Thousand GatesBee Sacks13h 49m3.6 (1.8K)$33 · $0.00
AnthemAyn Rand2h 26m3.8 (277.8K)$10 · $0.00
SonglightMoira Buffini13h 58m4.2 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
American BreakdownJennifer Lunden12h 46m4.1 (284)$33 · $0.00
Paul RobesonMartin Duberman5h 56m4.3 (537)$17
Bring Back Our GirlsJoe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw11h 8m4.4 (555)$29 · $0.00
The Conservative MindRussell Kirk19h 50m4.3 (277.2K)$32
Knowledge and DecisionsThomas Sowell20h 53m4.5 (2.8K)$30
Cult TripAnke Richter9h 34m4.2 (983)$29 · $0.00
The Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart Mill4h 44m4.2 (17.5K)$0.60 · $0.00
Boom BustFred Harrison6h 42m$6 · $0.00
Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (Annotated)Martin Luther6h 31m4.1 (241)$2 · $0.00
The Zen Hustle CodeBhasker Jaiswal, Anupam Mukerji6h 32m$18 · $0.00
Cheng Lei: A memoir of freedomCheng Lei11h 9m4.3 (79)$29 · $0.00