Queijo, Jon 1955-
Breakthrough! : how the 10 greatest discoveries in medicine saved millions and changed our view of the world / / Jon Queijo. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press Science, c2010. - xiv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.
The world's first physician : Hippocrates and the discovery of medicine -- How cholera saved civilization : the discovery of sanitation -- Invisible invaders : the discovery of germs and how they cause disease -- For the relief of unbearable pain : the discovery of anesthesia -- I'm looking through you : the discovery of X-rays -- The scratch that saved a million lives : the discovery of vaccines -- From ancient molds to modern miracles : the discovery of antibiotics -- Breaking God's code : the discovery of heredity, genetics, and DNA -- Medicines for the mind : the discovery of drugs for madness, sadness, and fear -- A return to tradition : the rediscovery of alternative medicine -- Epilogue.
9780137137480 (hardback : alk. paper) 0137137486 (hardback : alk. paper)
2009051043
Medicine--Research--History.
Discoveries in science.
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Breakthrough! : how the 10 greatest discoveries in medicine saved millions and changed our view of the world / / Jon Queijo. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press Science, c2010. - xiv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.
The world's first physician : Hippocrates and the discovery of medicine -- How cholera saved civilization : the discovery of sanitation -- Invisible invaders : the discovery of germs and how they cause disease -- For the relief of unbearable pain : the discovery of anesthesia -- I'm looking through you : the discovery of X-rays -- The scratch that saved a million lives : the discovery of vaccines -- From ancient molds to modern miracles : the discovery of antibiotics -- Breaking God's code : the discovery of heredity, genetics, and DNA -- Medicines for the mind : the discovery of drugs for madness, sadness, and fear -- A return to tradition : the rediscovery of alternative medicine -- Epilogue.
9780137137480 (hardback : alk. paper) 0137137486 (hardback : alk. paper)
2009051043
Medicine--Research--History.
Discoveries in science.
მეცნიერება მედიცინა
Q
001 + 61 / Q-39