Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee.

  • Lindee, M. Susan.
Date:
2005
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Publication/Creation

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics -- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish -- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things -- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics -- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Essay on sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-259) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    AOT /LIN
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  • 0801881757