Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World - Paperback

Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World - Paperback

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Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World - Paperback
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Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World - Paperback

Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World - Paperback

$19.03
$19.03

by Robert W. Winters (Author)

Many of the world's most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a part in the discovery of unintentional cures and breakthroughs:

A plastic shard in an RAF pilot's eye leads to the use of plastic for the implantable lens.
The inability to remove a titanium chamber from rabbit's bone leads to dental implants.
Viagra was discovered by a group of chemists, working in the lab to find a new drug to alleviate the pain of angina pectoris.
A stretch of five weeks of unusually warm weather in 1928 played a role in assisting Dr. Alexander Fleming in his analysis of bacterial growth and the discovery of penicillin.
After studying the effects of the venom injected by the bite of a deadly pit viper snake, chemists developed a groundbreaking drug that works to control blood pressure.

Accidental Medical Discoveries is an entertaining and enlightening look at the creation of 25 medical inventions that have changed the world - unintentionally. The book is presented in a lively and engaging way, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers, from history buffs to trivia fanatics to those in the medical profession.

Author Biography

Robert W. Winters is an experienced medical scientist, doctor, teacher, and writer. He is a graduate of Indiana University and of the Yale School of Medicine. He was a professor of pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. The author resides in Helsingor, Denmark.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: November 22, 2016

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