Breakthrough! : how the 10 greatest discoveries in medicine saved millions and changed our view of the world / Jon Queijo.
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TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press Science, c2010.Description: xiv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780137137480 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0137137486 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 610.72 22
- R852 .Q45 2010
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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.
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