TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chung,King-Thom
TI  - Women Pioneers of Medical Research: Biographies of 25 Outstanding Scientists
SN  - 9780786458172
AV  - R850 .C485 2010 
U1  - 610.72 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Jefferson
PB  - McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
KW  - Biomedical Research - history
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Hubert A. Lechevalier -- Preface -- 1-Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) Promoter of Inoculation Against Smallpox -- 2-Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Founder of Modern Nursing -- 3-Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) Champion of Medical Education for Women -- 4-Lydia Folger Fowler (1822-1879) First American Woman to Receive a Medical Degree -- 5-Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska (1829-1902) Pioneering German-Born Physician -- 6-Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Pioneering British Physician -- 7-Anna W. Williams (1863-1954) Developer of Diphtheria Antitoxin and of a Method for Quickly Diagnosing Rabies -- 8-Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Discoverer of Medically Important Radium -- 9-Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) Physician and Pioneer Public Health Worker -- 10-Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) Researcher in Bacteriology and Promoter of Pasteurization of Milk -- 11-Louise Pearce (1885-1959) Leader in Research on Both African Sleeping Sickness and Syphilis -- 12-Elizabeth "Lee" Hazen (1885-1975) Discoverer of Medically Useful Antifungal Antibiotics -- 13-Sara Elizabeth Branham (1888-1962) Pioneer in Meningitis Studies -- 14-Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) Researcher of Streptococci Classification and Infections -- 15-Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) Researcher in Sugar Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Disorders -- 16-Rachel Fuller Brown (1898-1980) Co-Discoverer of the Antifungal Antibiotic Nystatin -- 17-Margaret Pittman (1901-1995) Pioneer in Standardization of Biological Products and Studies  of Whooping Cough -- 18-Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)  Pioneer Anesthetist and Developer of the Apgar Score for Newborn Health -- 19-Gladys Lounsbury Hobby (1910-1993) Leader in the Study of Antibiotics and Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs; 20-Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999) Innovative Drug Developer -- 21-Jane C. Wright (1919[?]- ) Pioneer of Cancer Chemotherapy -- 22-Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958) Crucial Figure in Determining the Double Helix Structure of DNA -- 23-Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921- ) Co-Developer of Radioimmunoassay Procedure -- 24-Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924- ) Renowned Cancer Researcher and University Administrator -- 25-Alice Shih-Hou Huang (1939- ) Eminent Molecular Biologist, Educator, and Leader -- Appendix: Important Persons Mentioned in the Text -- Index
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