Medical firsts : from Hippocrates to the human genome / Robert E. Adler.
Medical firsts : from Hippocrates to the human genome / Robert E. Adler.
Medical firsts : from Hippocrates to the human genome / Robert E. Adler.
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Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
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T0360675
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English
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vii, 232 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Hippocrates: A Principle and a Method -- 2. Herophilus and Erasistratus: The Light That Failed -- 3. Marcus Varro: The Germ of an Idea -- 4. Soranus: The Birthing Doctor -- 5. Galen of Pergamon: Combative Genius -- 6. The Enlightened Mind of Abu Bakr al-Razi -- 7. Ibn al-Nafis: Galen's Nemesis --...
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Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2004.
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"In Medical Firsts, science journalist and author Robert Adler recounts the fascinating story of Western medicine as told through the lives and achievements of more than thirty of its brightest lights. Combining a journalist's economy of style and a born storyteller's way with a good yarn, he takes us on a grand tour of 2,500 years of medical innov...
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Medical firsts : from Hippocrates to the human genome / Robert E. Adler.
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Includes index.
Bibliography, p. 216-225.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from HEALTH/ 610.9/ 76.
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c2004.
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T0360675
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0471401757 (hbk.)
9780471401759 (hbk.)
9780471401759 (Cloth)
0471401757 (Cloth)
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610.9
610.92
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991017574419702626
