Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries
Title:
Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries
Author:
Friedman, Meyer, 1910-2001
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Publication Information:
New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, [1998]
©1998
Physical Description:
xiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Andreas Vesalius and modern human anatomy -- William Harvey and the circulation of blood -- Antony Leeuwenhock 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 -- Concluding thoughts.
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ISBN:
9780300075984
Format :
Book