From Anesthesia to X-Rays: Innovations and Discoveries That Changed Medicine Forever: Innovations That Changed Medicine Forever

Easy to read and to use, this A-to-Z mini-encyclopedia covers many of the most important medical innovations of the last 200 years.
* Features 50 interesting A-to-Z reference entries on medical innovations
* Includes biographies of important medical innovators, descriptions of the first use of an innovation, and descriptions of other innovations that were less successful
* Provides an introductory essay explaining how the list was chosen and discussing the importance of innovation in the medical field
* Includes a chronology of major milestones in medical innovation
* Utilizes a ready-reference format that makes finding information about particular innovations easy