Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index.
Contents
Medicine in the Seventeenth Century -- Santorio Santorio and the thermometer -- Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the microscope -- Rene T. H. Laennec and the stethoscope -- William T. G. Morton and anesthetics -- Wilhelm Roentgen and X rays -- Marie Curie and radiation therapy -- Willem Einthoven and the electrocardiograph.
Summary
Profiles the life and work of seven scientists who made important medical inventions, including Santorio and the thermometer, Laënnec and the stethoscope, and Röntgen and the x-ray.
