Queijo, Jon,  1955- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780137137480 (hardback : alk. paper) 0137137486 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009051043 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--Research--History.<br/>Discoveries in science.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R852  / .Q45 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.72