Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries /
Friedman, Meyer, 1910-2001.
Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries / Medicine's ten greatest discoveries Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland. - New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.
Andreas Vesalius and Modern Human Anatomy -- William Harvey and the Circulation of Blood -- Antony Leeuwenhoek and Bacteria -- Edward Jenner and Vaccination -- Crawford Long and Surgical Anesthesia -- Wilhelm Roentgen and the X-ray Beam -- Ross Harrison and Tissue Culture -- Nikolai Anichkov and Cholesterol -- Alexander Fleming and Antibiotics -- Maurice Wilkins and DNA.
This absorbing book by two distinguished physicians is the first to describe the most significant medical discoveries throughout history, bringing to life the scientific pioneers responsible for them and the excitement and frustrations that surrounded the final achievements. What have been the most important medical breakthroughs of our time? This book is the first to tell the inside story behind humankind's ten most monumental discoveries in the healing arts. This absorbing book by two distinguished physicians is the first to describe the most significant medical discoveries throughout history, bringing to life the scientific pioneers responsible for them & the excitement & frustrations that surrounded their final achievements.
0585373507 9780585373508
GB99-22973
100886739 DNLM
Medicine--History.
Medical scientists.
MEDICAL--History.
Medical scientists.
Medicine.
Ontdekkingen.
Geneeskunde.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
History of Medicine.
History, Modern 1601-.
Electronic books.
History.
R145 / .F75 1998eb
610/.9
WZ 40 / F911m 1998
Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries / Medicine's ten greatest discoveries Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland. - New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.
Andreas Vesalius and Modern Human Anatomy -- William Harvey and the Circulation of Blood -- Antony Leeuwenhoek and Bacteria -- Edward Jenner and Vaccination -- Crawford Long and Surgical Anesthesia -- Wilhelm Roentgen and the X-ray Beam -- Ross Harrison and Tissue Culture -- Nikolai Anichkov and Cholesterol -- Alexander Fleming and Antibiotics -- Maurice Wilkins and DNA.
This absorbing book by two distinguished physicians is the first to describe the most significant medical discoveries throughout history, bringing to life the scientific pioneers responsible for them and the excitement and frustrations that surrounded the final achievements. What have been the most important medical breakthroughs of our time? This book is the first to tell the inside story behind humankind's ten most monumental discoveries in the healing arts. This absorbing book by two distinguished physicians is the first to describe the most significant medical discoveries throughout history, bringing to life the scientific pioneers responsible for them & the excitement & frustrations that surrounded their final achievements.
0585373507 9780585373508
GB99-22973
100886739 DNLM
Medicine--History.
Medical scientists.
MEDICAL--History.
Medical scientists.
Medicine.
Ontdekkingen.
Geneeskunde.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
History of Medicine.
History, Modern 1601-.
Electronic books.
History.
R145 / .F75 1998eb
610/.9
WZ 40 / F911m 1998