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Men against death ...
- Title
- Men against death ...
- Author
- De Kruif, Paul, 1890-1971.
- Publication
- New York : Harcourt Brace and Company, [1932], [©1932]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | 610.98 D369 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Josephy, Robert, 1903-1993
- Description
- viii pages, 3 leaves, 3-363 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- At head of title: Paul De Kruif."First edition." Prologue.--Three doctors: Semmelweis, saver of mothers. Banting, who found insulin. Minot, against death.--Red brick building on the hill: Spencer, in the happy valley. Evans, death in milk. McCoy, should generals die in bed?--Machine medicine: Schaudinn, the pale horror. Bordet, prophet of doom. Wagner-Jauregg, the friendly fever.--Old doctor sun: Finsen, the light hunter. Rollier, the sun doctor. Strandberg, machine sunlight.--Epilogue.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Biography.
- Note
- "First edition."
- At head of title: Paul De Kruif.
- Rare Book copy: Dust jacket wanting.
- Rare Book copy: Inscribed to Donna [Brace Ogilvie] by the author, November 17, 1932.
- Rare Book copy: In Donald C. Brace's slipcase.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Three doctors : Semmelweis, saver of mothers. Banting, who found insulin. Minot, against death -- Red brick building on the hill : Spencer, in the happy valley. Evans, death in milk. McCoy, should generals die in bed? -- Machine medicine : Schaudinn, the pale horror. Bordet, prophet of doom. Wagner-Jauregg, the friendly fever -- Old doctor sun : Finsen, the light hunter. Rollier, the sun doctor. Strandberg, machine sunlight -- Epilogue.
- LCCN
- 32028085
- OCLC
- ocn786247831
- 786247831
- SCSB-3135459
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries