Medicine's 10 greatest discoveries
By: Meyer Friedman, and Gerald W. Friedland.
Contributors: Friedland, Gerald W.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Medicine -- History.; Medical scientists.
Other titles: Medicine's ten greatest discoveries
Description: "This absorbing book is the first to describe monumental medical discoveries throughout history, bringing to life the scientific pioneers responsible for them and the excitement, frustrations, and jealousies that surrounded the final achievements. Two distinguished physicians, Meyer Friedman and Gerald W.

Friedland, have drawn on their many years of experience as well as on that of world-renowned antiquarian book dealers, physician collectors of old and new medical publications, and medical school professors to single out these medical breakthroughs from thousands of candidates, and, in several cases, to provide information never before available. Their engrossing stories of the ten most significant discoveries will be read with enjoyment by anyone fascinated by the mysteries of medicine."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.