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Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries by Gerald W. Friedland and Meyer Friedman (2000, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300082789

ISBN-139780300082784

eBay Product ID (ePID)1718914

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMedicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries

Publication Year2000

SubjectHistory

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMedical

AuthorGerald W. Friedland, Meyer Friedman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight9.8 Oz

Item Length0.7 in

Item Width0.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-019921

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal610/.9

SynopsisIn 1675, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, an unlearned haberdasher from Delft, placed a drop of rainwater under his microscope and detected thousands of tiny animals in it. Leeuwenhoek proceeded to examine the microscopic activity of his spittle, teeth plaque, and feces, and as the result of his findings the field of bacteriology was born. Some two hundred years later, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Wurzburg, invited his wife to his laboratory, asked her to place her hand on an unexposed photographic plate, turned on an electric current, and showed this terrified woman a picture of the bones of her hand. And so came the discovery of the X-ray. This absorbing book is the first to describe these and eight other 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 experience as well as on that of world-renowned antiquarian book dealers, physician collectors of old and new medical publications, and medical school professors to single out these medical breakthroughs from thousands of candidates, and, in several cases, to provide information never before available. Their engrossing stories of the ten most significant discoveries will be read with enjoyment by anyone fascinated by the mysteries of medicine.

LC Classification NumberR131