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03712cam a22006014a 4500 001 6A983B802B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230211010336 008 061205s2007 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006100551 020 $a 1559708190 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781559708197 (alk. paper) 040 $a NLM $c NLM $d SILO $d YDX $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d OCO $d YDXCP $d VET $d XL4 $d VP@ $d JED $d CRH $d IG# $d NOR $d NLGGC $d IOJ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a R149 $b .M49 2007 060 00 $a 2007 D-404 060 10 $a WZ 64 $b M613h 2007 082 00 $a 610.9 $2 22 084 $a 44.01 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Meyers, Morton A. 245 1 $a Happy accidents : $b serendipity in modern medical breakthroughs / $c Morton A. Meyers. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Arcade Pub., $c c2007. 300 $a xiv, 390 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-373) and index. 505 00 $a Introduction: Serendipity, science's well guarded secret -- The dawn of a new era : infectious diseases and antibiotics, the miracle drugs. How Antony's little animals led to the development of germ theory -- The new science of bacteriology -- Good chemistry -- The art of dyeing -- Mold, glorious mold -- Pay dirt -- The mysterious protein from down under -- "This ulcer 'bugs' me!" -- The smell of garlic launches the war on cancer. Tragedy at Bari -- Antagonists to cancer -- Veni, Vidi, Vinca : the healing power of periwinkle -- A heavy metal rocks : the value of platinum -- Sex hormones -- Angiogenesis : the birth of blood vessels -- Aspirin kills more than pain -- Thalidomide : from tragedy to hope -- A sick chicken leads to the discovery of cancer accelerating genes -- A contaminated vaccine leads to cancer-braking genes -- From where it all stems -- The industrialization of research and the war on cancer -- Lessons learned -- 505 00 $a A quivering quartz string penetrates the mystery of the heart. An unexpected phenomenon : it's electric! -- What a catheter can do -- "Dottering" -- A stitch in time -- The Nobel committee says yes to NO -- "It's not you, honey, it's NO" -- What's your number? -- Thinning the blood -- The flaw lies in the chemistry, not the character : mood stabilizing drugs, antidepressants, and other psychotropics. It began with a dream -- Mental straitjackets : shocking approaches -- Ice pick psychiatry -- Lithium -- Thorazine -- Your town, my town, Miltown! -- Conquering the "beast" of depression -- Librium and Valium -- "That's funny, I have the same bug!" -- LSD -- Conclusion : taking a chance on chance : cultivating serendipity. 650 12 $a History of Medicine. 650 22 $a History, 20th Century. 650 22 $a Incidental Findings. 650 22 $a Research. 650 22 $a Science $x history. 650 0 $a Medicine $x History. 650 0 $a Medical innovations $x History. 650 0 $a Medicine $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Discoveries in science. 650 0 $a Serendipity. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006100551.html 941 $a 12 952 $l LVOX826 $d 20220318013340.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722020606.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926090902.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190502010806.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006041217.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719035848.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171227025557.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003034219.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418061022.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6A983B802B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOJInitiate Another SILO Locator Search