TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Meyer AU - Friedland,Gerald W. TI - Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries SN - 0585373507 AV - R145 .F75 1998eb U1 - 610/.9 21 PY - 1998/// CY - New Haven, Conn PB - Yale University Press KW - Medicine KW - History KW - Medical scientists KW - MEDICAL KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Ontdekkingen KW - gtt KW - Geneeskunde KW - History, Early Modern 1451-1600 KW - History of Medicine KW - History, Modern 1601- KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=52853 ER -