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Breakthrough! : how the 10 greatest discoveries in medicine saved millions and changed our view of the world /
In this book, the author tells the hidden stories of history's most amazing medical discoveries. This isn't dry history: these are life and death mysteries uncovered, tales of passionate, often mocked individuals who stood their ground and were proven right; they include a colorful cast of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
FT Press Science,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.