You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medic...
You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medic...
You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovation / Paul A. Offit, MD.
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New York : Basic Books, 2021.
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G 2021/1915
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English
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Physical content
258 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Louis Washkansky : heart transplants -- Ryan White : blood transfusions -- Hannah Greener : anesthesia -- "Jim" : biologicals -- Joan Marlar : antibiotics -- Anne Gottsdanker : vaccines -- Clarence Dally : x-rays -- "Eleven unnamed children" : chemotherapy -- Jesse Gelsinger : gene therapy -- Epilog...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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"Four months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the death count surged, the FDA made a risky decision: it approved an anti-malarial drug as a treatment for coronavirus, despite limited data on its efficacy or side effects. A month later, the FDA withdrew its recommendation, but by then, the damage had been done. The drug was ineffective and sometime...
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You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovation / Paul A. Offit, MD.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/1915
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74VKaajBkPzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaajBkPzd
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ISBN
1541620399
9781541620391
DDC
615.58
MMS ID
991024424020602626
