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100 1 $aAdler, Robert E.,$d1946-
245 10 $aMedical firsts :$bfrom Hippocrates to the human genome /$cRobert E. Adler.
260 $aHoboken, N.J. :$bJohn Wiley & Sons,$cc2004.
300 $avii, 232 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 216-225) and index.
505 0 $aHippocrates: a principle and a method -- Herophilus and Erasistratus: the light that failed -- Marcus Varro: the germ of an idea -- Dioscorides: the herb man of Anazarbus -- Soranus: the birthing doctor -- Galen of Pergamon: combative genius -- The enlightened mind of Abu Bakr al-Razi -- Ibn Bal-nafis, Glen's nemesis -- Fracastoro: the poet of pestilence -- Paracelsus, renaissance rebel -- Andreas Vesalius, driven to dissection -- Ambroise Pare(/), a man for all seasons -- Johann Weyer--a voice of sanity in an insane world -- William Harvey and the movements of the heart -- Edward Jenner, a friend of humanity.
505 8 $aSelf, non-self and danger: deciphering the immune system -- Discovery can't wait--cracking the human genome -- Into the future.
505 8 $aSuch stuff as dreams are made on: the discovery of anesthesia -- Antisepsis: awakening from a nightmare -- The quiet Dr. Snow -- Pasteur and the germ theory of disease -- Out of the corner of his eye: Roentgen discovers x-rays -- Sigmund Freud's dynamic unconscious -- Beyond bacteria: Ivanovsky's discovery of viruses -- The prepared mind of Alexander Fleming -- Margaret Sanger and the pill -- Organ transplantation, a legacy of life -- A baby's cry: the birth of in vitro fertilization -- Humanity eradicates a disease--smallpox--for the first time -- Cannibals, kuru and mad cows: a new kind of plague.
520 $aAn exploration of medical discoveries-from the ancient Greeks to the present.
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650 12 $aHistory of Medicine.
650 22 $aGenetics
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650 22 $aMicrobiology
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650 22 $aPhysicians
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