An edition of Women pioneers of medical research
(2009)
Women pioneers of medical research
biographies of 25 outstanding scientists
by King-Thom Chung
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"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 descriptions of important persons mentioned within the profiles"--Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
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
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.
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