Accidental medical discoveries : how tenacity and pure dumb luck changed the world
Winters, Robert W.2016
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An entertaining and enlightening look at the discovery of twenty-five medical breakthroughs that changed the world--unintentionally.
Main title:
Accidental medical discoveries : how tenacity and pure dumb luck changed the world / Robert W. Winters.
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Imprint:
New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2016
Collation:
xi, 248 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I SURGERY AND ANESTHESIA -- 1.The Gleam of Cold Steel: Surgery without Anesthesia -- 2.Ether and Nitrous Oxide: Blessed Relief -- 3.Chloroform: The Clergy Objects -- 4.Cocaine Anesthesia: Freud's Favorite -- pt. II IMPLANTS -- 5.The Artificial Lens: A Legacy of Wartime -- 6.Good as New: Dental Implants -- pt. III DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE BLOOD -- 7.Vitamin K: Began with a Bleeding Chick -- 8.Dicumarol and Warfarin: Began with a Bleeding Cow -- pt. IV DRUGS THAT FIGHT INFECTION -- 9.Smallpox: The Cure of a Lesser Evil -- 10.Penicillin: The Crucial Role of Weather -- 11.Streptomycin: A Major Dispute -- 12.Cephalosporins: Something in the Sewage -- 13.Peptic Ulcers: A Discovery in an Empty Lab -- pt. V DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE HEART -- 14.Nitroglycerin and Amyl Nitrite: Boom! -- 15.Digitalis: The Shropshire Woman and the Foxglove -- 16.The Tranquilizers: Two Chance Discoveries -- 17.LSD: A Mind-Blowing Accident --Contents note continued: 18.Lithium: The First Guinea Pigs Were Guinea Pigs! -- 19.Thorazine: A Cure from Curare -- pt. VI THE VITAMINS (VIT(AL) AMINES) -- 20.The Naming of Vitamins: The Vital Missing Pieces -- 21.Vitamin B: Brown Rice Cures Beriberi -- 22.Vitamin C: Another Battle for Priority -- 23.Vitamin D: Bowlegged Lion Cubs -- pt. VII OTHER MEDICAL DISCOVERIES -- 24.Insulin: The Role of Insomnia -- 25.Viagra: A Pleasant Surprise -- 26.X-rays: Bertha's Hand.
ISBN:
9781510712461
Dewey class:
610
Language:
English
BRN:
301179
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 610 WIN | Available |