Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries / Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland.
Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries / Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland.
Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries / Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland.
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New Haven, Conn ; London : Yale University Press, c1998.
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T0360694
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Andreas Vesalius and Modern Human Anatomy -- 2. William Harvey and the Circulation of Blood -- 3. Antony Leeuwenhoek and Bacteria -- 4. Edward Jenner and Vaccination -- 5. Crawford Long and Surgical Anesthesia -- 6. Wilhelm Roentgen and the X-ray Beam -- 7. Ross Harrison and Tissue Culture -- 8....
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn ; London : Yale University Press, c1998.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
This absorbing book is the first to describe monumental medical discoveries throughout history, bringing to life the scientific pioneers responsible for them and the excitement, frustrations, and jealousies that surrounded the final achievements. Two distinguished physicians, Meyer Friedman and Gerald W. Friedland, have drawn on their many years of...
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Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries / Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from HEALTH/ 610.9/ 63.
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c1998.
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T0360694
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ISBN
0300075987 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300075984 (cloth : alk. paper)
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610.9
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991011416159702626
