Women pioneers of medical research : biographies of 25 outstanding scientists /
"This book profiles 25 women who have made significant contributions to medical research. Each profile includes a general introduction and childhood, her formal education, her most valuable contributions, and events or persons which influenced her life and career. The book concludes with brief...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) : promoter of inoculation against smallpox -- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) : founder of modern nursing -- Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) : champion of medical education for women -- Lydia Folger Fowler (1822-1879) : first American woman to receive a medical degree -- Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska (1829-1902) : pioneering German-born physician -- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) : pioneering British physician -- Anna W. Williams (1863-1954) : developer of diphtheria antitoxin and of a method for quickly diagnosing rabies -- Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) : discoverer of medically important radium -- Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) : physician and pioneer public health worker -- Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) : researcher in bacteriology and promoter of pasteurization of milk -- Louise Pearce (1885-1959) : leader in research on both African sleeping sickness and syphilis -- Elizabeth "Lee" Hazen (1885-1975) : discoverer of medically useful antifungal antibiotics -- Sara Elizabeth Branham (1888-1962) : pioneer in meningitis studies -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) : researcher of streptococci classification and infections -- Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) : researcher in sugar metabolism and glycogen storage disorders -- Rachel Fuller Brown (1898-1980) : co-discoverer of the antifungal antibiotic nystatin -- Margaret Pittman (1901-1995) : pioneer in standardization of biological products and studies of whooping cough -- Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) : pioneer anesthetist and developer of the Apgar score for newborn health -- Gladys Lounsbury Hobby (1910-1993) : leader in the study of antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis drugs -- Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999) : innovative drug developer -- Jane C. Wright (1919[?]- ) : pioneer of cancer chemotherapy -- Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958) : crucial figure in determining the double helix structure of DNA -- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921- ) : co-developer of radioimmunoassay procedure -- Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924- ) : renowned cancer researcher and university administrator -- Alice Shih-hou Huang (1939- ) : eminent molecular biologist, educator, and leader. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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