De Kruif, Paul creator text biography nyu New York Harcourt, Brace and company [c1932] 1932 monographic eng

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viii p., 3 l., 3-363 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm. 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. At head of title: Paul De Kruif. "First edition." Medicine Biography Medicine History R134 .D4 926.1 32028085 //r852 DLC/ICU 840912 20160527185415.0 121492