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Author:

Dendy, Leslie A., 1946-

Title:

Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine : true tales about risking everything in the name of science / Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring ; illustrations by C. B. Mordan.

Edition:

1st Square Fish ed.: 2014.

Publisher:

Square Fish/Henry Holt and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

viii, 213 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Self-experimentation in medicine--Juvenile literature.
Self-experimentation in medicine.
Human experimentation in medicine.

Other Authors:

Boring, Mel, 1939-
Mordan, C. B., ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and index.

Summary:

Recounts the true stories of ten scientists and medical researchers that have endured extreme hardship and discomfort in order to test new discoveries and inventions in the fields of medicine and science.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Children, October 2010
Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010
School Library Journal starred, July 2005
Booklist starred, July 2005
Book Links-starred, September 2005
Horn Book, May 2005
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2005
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2005
Kirkus Review, May 2005
Library Media Connection, February 2006
Wilson's Children
Wilson's Junior High School
School Library Journal starred

ISBN:

1250050650
9781250050656

Locations:

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)