Smallpox, syphilis, and salvation : medical breakthroughs that changed the world / Sheryl Persson.
- Persson, Sheryl Ann, 1952-
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Wollombi, NSW : Exisle Pub., 2009.
Physical description
344 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Eradicating the 'speckled monster' -- Establishing the germ theory of disease -- Outwitting the 'white plague' -- Of rats and fleas -- Banishing the 'strangling angel' -- Magic bullets -- A eureka moment -- Making a miracle out of a mould -- The march against polio -- Targeting childhood leukaemia.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Medical innovationsHistory
- Drug Discoveryhistory
- Diffusion of Innovation
- Disease Outbreaksprevention & control
- Vaccinationhistory
- 19th-20th centuries
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823.
- Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895.
- Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915.
- Fleming, Alexander, Sir, 1881-1955.
- Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995.
- Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineIK /PEROpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781921497063
- 1921497068