De Kruif, Paul

Men against death ... - New York Harcourt, Brace and company [c1932] - viii p., 3 l., 3-363 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm.

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.

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Medicine.--Biography.
Medicine.--History.

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