Medicine becomes a science : 1840-1999 / Kate Kelly.

New York, NY : Facts On File, [2010], ©2010.

xvi, 168 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical science finally advances -- Women and modern medicine -- Science moves forward in diagnosis and treatment -- Advances in medications -- An answer to polio and other changes in medicine -- More changes brought about by war -- The science of the heart -- DNA changes the medical knowledge base.