Medicine′s 10 Greatest Discoveries (Nota Bene) - Softcover

Friedman, Meyer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300082789 ISBN 13: 9780300082784

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This absorbing book is the first to describe 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 10 most significant discoveries will be read with enjoyment by anyone fascinated by the mysteries of medicine.

About this title

Product Description:

The authors have chosen to document what they consider to be the ten medical discoveries that have most affected humanity's welfare. This text aims to interest the general reader and contains entertaining stories of ambition, jealously, lies and fraud in the name of science.

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Review
'[a] fascinating and very accessible book' - Oxford Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0300082789
• ISBN 13: 9780300082784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286