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Author:

Kelly, Kate, 1950-

Title:

Medicine becomes a science : 1840-1999 / Kate Kelly.

Publisher:

Facts On File,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvi, 168 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--History--19th century.
Medicine--History--20th century.
History of Medicine.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Science--history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Medical science finally advances -- Women and modern medicine -- Science moves forward in diagnosis and treatment -- Advances in medications -- An answer to polio and other changes in medicine -- More changes brought about by war -- The science of the heart -- DNA changes the medical knowledge base.

Series:

The history of medicine

ISBN:

0816072094 (alk. paper)
9780816072095 (alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317249451

LCCN:

2009011598

Locations:

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)