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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus : tales of medicine and the art of discovery

Title
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus : tales of medicine and the art of discovery / Gerald Weissmann.
Author
Weissmann, Gerald.
Publication
New York : Times Books, ©1987.

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Description
xvii, 270 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Essays discuss Sherlock Holmes, tropical diseases, medical trends, research, the fear of science, inflammation, nouvelle cuisine, and sabbaticals.
Subject
  • Medicine > History
  • Creative ability in medicine > History
  • Medical innovations > History
  • History of Medicine > anecdotes
  • History of Medicine
  • history of medicine
  • Creative ability in medicine
  • Medical innovations
  • Medicine
  • Geschichte
  • Medizin
  • Wissenschaftsentwicklung
  • Science and civilization
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 251-259.
Contents
Introduction -- The game's afoot at Bellevue -- They all laughed at Christopher Columbus -- Westward the course of empire -- Springtime for Pernkopf -- Amateurs -- Tests prove it: medicine in vogue -- Fear of science -- The road from Wigan Pier -- Nullius in Verba: Lupus at the Royal Society -- Sociobiological warfare -- Inflammation and its discontents -- Proust in Khaki -- Truffles on the Sherbet: the rise and fall of Nouvelle Cuisine -- Prayer in the Laboratory -- Marat on sabbatical -- The text in content (with Andrew Weissmann) -- Flexner revisited -- The medical school wars -- Genes and freedom -- Voltaire's best-seller -- The Baron of Bellevue -- Notes -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0812916182
  • 9780812916188
LCCN
86014437
OCLC
  • ocm13860291
  • 13860291
  • SCSB-1160796
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library