Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136) and index.
Contents:
Medicine in the Seventeenth Century -- Santorio Santorio and the thermometer -- Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the microscope -- Rene T. H. Laennec and the stethoscope -- William T. G. Morton and anesthetics -- Wilhelm Roentgen and X rays -- Marie Curie and radiation therapy -- Willem Einthoven and the electrocardiograph.
Summary:
Profiles the life and work of seven scientists who made important medical inventions, including Santorio and the thermometer, Laënnec and the stethoscope, and Röntgen and the x-ray.
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