Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Meyer, 1910-
Other Authors: Friedland, Gerald W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, [1998]
Subjects:
Table of 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.