Men against death ...
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and company
Published: 1932
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Medicine -- Biography.; Medicine -- History.
Description: At head of title: Paul De Kruif."First edition." Prologue.--Three doctors: Semmelweis, saver of mothers. Banting, who found insulin. Minot, against death.--Red brick building on the hill: Spencer, in the happy valley. Evans, death in milk. McCoy, should generals die in bed?--Machine medicine: Schaudinn, the pale horror. Bordet, prophet of doom. Wagner-Jauregg, the friendly fever.--Old doctor sun: Finsen, the light hunter. Rollier, the sun doctor. Strandberg, machine sunlight.--Epilogue.
Notes: At head of title: Paul De Kruif.
"First edition."
Table of contents: title: Prologue.; title: Three doctors: Semmelweis, saver of mothers. Banting, who found insulin. Minot, against death.; title: Red brick building on the hill: Spencer, in the happy valley. Evans, death in milk. McCoy, should generals die in bed?; title: Machine medicine: Schaudinn, the pale horror. Bordet, prophet of doom. Wagner-Jauregg, the friendly fever.; title: Old doctor sun: Finsen, the light hunter. Rollier, the sun doctor. Strandberg, machine sunlight.; title: Epilogue.