Medical pioneers
By: Debbie Foy
Series: 20th century lives
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780750258234
Subjects: Medical innovations; Juvenile literature; History; Medical scientists; Biography; Physicians
Description: 20th Century Lives: Medical Pioneers includes some of the world's most dynamic and influential people in the history of medical science, from Alexander Fleming and Christiaan Barnard to Crick and Watson. It provides a fascinating insight into the experiences and achievements of these talented and inspirational people and sheds light on how they became so successful in their chosen area of medicine. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Table of contents: title: What is a medical pioneer?; title: Alexander Fleming?; title: Harold Delf Gillies; title: Frederick Banting; title: Jonas Salk; title: Francis Crick & James Watson; title: Gertrude Elion; title: Christiaan Barnard; title: Benjamin Carson; title: Eleanor Davies-Colley; title: Karl Landsteiner; title: Ernst Ruska; title: Virgina Apgar; title: Alice Hamilton; title: Robert A. Good; title: Paul Lauterbur.