Smallpox, Syphilis and Salvation: Medical Breakthroughs that Changed the WorldExisle Publishing, 2010 - 352 էջ A highly accessible, engaging look at modern medicine. Since ancient times, mankind has searched for ways to defeat disease. It has only been in the last 200 years that scientists have made major inroads in medical science, and as a result, many, many lives have been, and continue to be, saved. From intense rivalries and vanity to bitter jealousies and subterfuge, SMALLPOX, SYPHILIS AND SALVATION documents the personal tales of medical discovery in the twentieth century. |
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EstaBLISHING THE GERM THEORY OF DISEASE | 42 |
OUTWITTING THE White PLAGUE | 74 |
OF RATS AND FLEAS | 108 |
BANISHING THE STRANGLING ANGEL | 136 |
MAGIC BULLETS | 160 |
A EUREKA MOMENT | 186 |
MAKING A MIRACLE OUT OF A MOULD | 218 |
THE MARCH AGAINST POLIO | 252 |
TARGETING CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA | 281 |
GLOSSARY | 307 |
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Smallpox, Syphilis and Salvation: Medical Breakthroughs that Changed the ... Sheryl Persson Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2010 |
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