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Author:

Weisse, Allen B.

Title:

Medical odysseys : the different and sometimes unexpected pathways to twentieth-century medical discoveries / Allen B. Weisse.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

viii, 250 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Medical innovations--History.
Medicine--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : how do discoveries happen? -- Mercury finally "makes it" -- "Why do they turn yellow?" : the centuries-long search for the viruses of Hepatitis -- Into the heart : the surgical treatment of Heart disease becomes a reality -- The long pause : the discovery and rediscovery of Penicillin -- Turning bad luck into good : the alchemy of Willem Lolff, the first successful artificial kidney and artificial heart -- Say it isn't "no" : the power of positive thinking in the publication of medical research -- An anemia called "Pernicious" -- From trench warfare to war on cancer : the development of chemotherapy for malignant disease -- Sparks : life-giving electricity -- Polio : the not-so twentieth-century disease -- Of birds and blood cells : Bruce Glick unravels the secret of the Bursa of Fabricius -- A plague in Philadelphia : the story of Legionnaires' disease -- On Chinese restaurants, prolapsed heart valves, and other medical conundrums -- Epilogue : unfinished business.

ISBN:

9780813516172 (pbk.) :
081351617X (pbk.) :
9780813516165
0813516161

OCLC:

(OCoLC)21337771
(OCoLC)25592587

LCCN:

90008387

Locations:

JAAX771 -- Faith Baptist Bible College - John L. Patten Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)