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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring ".the greatest benefit on mankind," as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring ".the greatest benefit on mankind," as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Dieses Buch praesentiert kurze Biografien von 229 Wissenschaftlern, die zwischen 1901 und 2024 mit dem Nobelpreis in der Kategorie Physiologie oder Medizin ausgezeichnet wurden. Von diesen Portraets wurden 91 zuvor als Serie mit dem Titel "Nobel Chronicles" in The Lancet, der renommierten britischen medizinischen Fachzeitschrift, veroeffentlicht.Jedes Kapitel bietet einen kurzen UEberblick ueber die wissenschaftliche Entdeckung, die zur Verleihung des Nobelpreises fuehrte, sowie ueber deren Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit und das Wohlergehen von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt. Die Kapitel erlaeutern ausserdem, was diese Wissenschaftler dazu bewegte, die preisgekroenten Forschungsarbeiten aufzunehmen, und zeichnen die wissenschaftlichen Entwicklungen nach, die zu ihren bahnbrechenden Entdeckungen fuehrten.Die Leser koennen sich selbst ein Urteil darueber bilden, ob diese Nobelpreistraeger die Auszeichnung verdient haben, indem sie sich auf die von Alfred Nobel in seinem Testament formulierte Bedingung beziehen: Geehrt werden sollten diejenigen, deren Arbeiten "den groessten Nutzen fuer die Menschheit" gebracht haben.TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, Kinderarzt und Neonatologe, war ueber drei Jahrzehnte lang Professor fuer Paediatrie an der University of Illinois in Chicago. Er ist Autor von fuenf Romanen sowie zweier UEbersetzungen ins Kannada, einer klassischen dravidischen Sprache, die im suedindischen Bundesstaat Karnataka gesprochen wird.Zu seinen UEbersetzungsarbeiten gehoeren die Kannada-Version des Romans Tausend Kraniche (Thousand Cranes, Ankita Press, 2010) des japanischen Literaturnobelpreistraegers Yasunari Kawabata sowie eine englische UEbersetzung ausgewaehlter Originalwerke des Kannada-Autors A. K. Ramanujan unter dem Titel Poems and a Novella (Oxford University Press, 2006).Als Mitglied der American Osler Society widmete Dr. Raju seine berufliche Laufbahn der Lehre und dem Schreiben ueber die Geschichte der Medizin fuer Studierende im Grund- und Aufbaustudium.Zu seinen juengsten Veroeffentlichungen gehoeren The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (zweite, erweiterte Ausgabe, Auctorem, 2025) sowie Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Auctorem, 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Dieses Buch praesentiert kurze Biografien von 229 Wissenschaftlern, die zwischen 1901 und 2024 mit dem Nobelpreis in der Kategorie Physiologie oder Medizin ausgezeichnet wurden. Von diesen Portraets wurden 91 zuvor als Serie mit dem Titel "Nobel Chronicles" in The Lancet, der renommierten britischen medizinischen Fachzeitschrift, veroeffentlicht.Jedes Kapitel bietet einen kurzen UEberblick ueber die wissenschaftliche Entdeckung, die zur Verleihung des Nobelpreises fuehrte, sowie ueber deren Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit und das Wohlergehen von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt. Die Kapitel erlaeutern ausserdem, was diese Wissenschaftler dazu bewegte, die preisgekroenten Forschungsarbeiten aufzunehmen, und zeichnen die wissenschaftlichen Entwicklungen nach, die zu ihren bahnbrechenden Entdeckungen fuehrten.Die Leser koennen sich selbst ein Urteil darueber bilden, ob diese Nobelpreistraeger die Auszeichnung verdient haben, indem sie sich auf die von Alfred Nobel in seinem Testament formulierte Bedingung beziehen: Geehrt werden sollten diejenigen, deren Arbeiten "den groessten Nutzen fuer die Menschheit" gebracht haben.TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, Kinderarzt und Neonatologe, war ueber drei Jahrzehnte lang Professor fuer Paediatrie an der University of Illinois in Chicago. Er ist Autor von fuenf Romanen sowie zweier UEbersetzungen ins Kannada, einer klassischen dravidischen Sprache, die im suedindischen Bundesstaat Karnataka gesprochen wird.Zu seinen UEbersetzungsarbeiten gehoeren die Kannada-Version des Romans Tausend Kraniche (Thousand Cranes, Ankita Press, 2010) des japanischen Literaturnobelpreistraegers Yasunari Kawabata sowie eine englische UEbersetzung ausgewaehlter Originalwerke des Kannada-Autors A. K. Ramanujan unter dem Titel Poems and a Novella (Oxford University Press, 2006).Als Mitglied der American Osler Society widmete Dr. Raju seine berufliche Laufbahn der Lehre und dem Schreiben ueber die Geschichte der Medizin fuer Studierende im Grund- und Aufbaustudium.Zu seinen juengsten Veroeffentlichungen gehoeren The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (zweite, erweiterte Ausgabe, Auctorem, 2025) sowie Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Auctorem, 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring '.the greatest benefit on mankind,' as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). 432 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring '.the greatest benefit on mankind,' as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). 432 pp. Englisch.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring ".the greatest benefit on mankind," as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring ".the greatest benefit on mankind," as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The fascinating world of the history of medicine Navigate through the rich and delightful history of one of man's oldest of creeds-the medical profession (not the other, its less illustrious competitor). Told with a perfect blend of historical accuracy, wit, and humor, these assorted stories from the annals of medicine are informative, illuminating, and entertaining. This is a medical history book in small doses.In this book you will discover:-Why do we call smallpox 'small' -Was Julius Caesar called 'Caesar' because he was delivered through a c-section -Who was the British clergyman who measured blood pressure for the first time, and the other whose discovery led to the development of aspirin -Why did a doctor in the early 20th century exhibit premature babies in circuses, boardwalks, and country fairs in U.S. cities -What led a 16th century anatomist to discover that men and women have the same number of ribs -Why did a 19th century Boston surgeon cry out, 'Gentlemen, this is no humbug!' -Why did a German psychiatrist intentionally inject blood from malaria patients into the arms of his psychiatry patients, and what was his reward for this brutal therapy -What disease killed more people in the 20th century alone than all of battles, armed conflicts, and wars of the 20th century combined -Why do we call blood banks 'banks'. …

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring ".the greatest benefit on mankind," as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring ".the greatest benefit on mankind," as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring '.the greatest benefit on mankind,' as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025). 432 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Importance of Having A Brain | Tales From The History Of Medicine: (Expanded Second Edition) | Tonse N. K. Raju. MD | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Dell Book Publishers | EAN 9798901811726 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This handbook offers brief biographies of 229 Nobel Prize-winning scientists in Physiology or Medicine category awarded from 1901 to 2024. Of these stories 91 were previously published as a series under the title Nobel Chronicles in The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal. Each chapter provides a succinct account of the scientific discovery that led to a Nobel Prize and its impact on the health and well-being of people around the world. The chapters also describe what triggered the scientists to undertake the prize-winning research studies and outline their research work that led to 1 their groundbreaking discoveries. Readers can judge whether the prize winners were worthy of their awards by conferring '.the greatest benefit on mankind,' as the enigmatic and incomparable Mr. Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will as a condition for awarding the prizes bearing his name. TONSE NARAYANA KRISHNA RAJU, a pediatrician and a neonatologist, served as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois in Chicago for over three decades. He has written five books of fiction and two translations in Kannada, a classical Dravidian language from Karnataka, South India. His translations include the Kannada translation of the novel Thousand Cranes (Ankita Press, 2010) by the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature; and an English translation of Kannada originals, Poems and a Novella by A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford University Press, 2006). A member of the American Osler Society, Dr. Raju has written and taught graduate and undergraduate students medical history topics throughout his career. His most recent publications include The Importance of Having a Brain: Tales from the History of Medicine (Expanded second edition, Boundless Book Publishers 2025) and Don't Stand in Front of a Palace or Behind a Horse: An Illustrated Book of South Indian Proverbs (Boundless Book Publishers 2025).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Nobel Chronicles | A handbook of Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine. 1901-2024 " Second Edition" | Tonse N. K. Raju. MD | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Dell Book Publishers | EAN 9798901811580 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The fascinating world of the history of medicine Navigate through the rich and delightful history of one of man's oldest of creeds-the medical profession (not the other, its less illustrious competitor). Told with a perfect blend of historical accuracy, wit, and humor, these assorted stories from the annals of medicine are informative, illuminating, and entertaining. This is a medical history book in small doses.In this book you will discover:-Why do we call smallpox 'small' -Was Julius Caesar called 'Caesar' because he was delivered through a c-section -Who was the British clergyman who measured blood pressure for the first time, and the other whose discovery led to the development of aspirin -Why did a doctor in the early 20th century exhibit premature babies in circuses, boardwalks, and country fairs in U.S. cities -What led a 16th century anatomist to discover that men and women have the same number of ribs -Why did a 19th century Boston surgeon cry out, 'Gentlemen, this is no humbug!' -Why did a German psychiatrist intentionally inject blood from malaria patients into the arms of his psychiatry patients, and what was his reward for this brutal therapy -What disease killed more people in the 20th century alone than all of battles, armed conflicts, and wars of the 20th century combined -Why do we call blood banks 'banks' 298 pp. Englisch.…