Four Centuries of Clinical Chemistry

In this, the first book-length history of clinical chemistry, those involved or interested in the field will read about who and what went before them and how the profession came to its present state of clinical importance

List of contents

1. Anatomy, Disease and Therapy 2. Protein and Food Shortage 3. Library Medicine, Bedside Medicine and the Stigma of Dissection 4. Introduction to Physiological Chemistry 5. The Flexner Report and Medical School Reform 6. Cholesterol 7. Cholera, Acidosis, and Fluid-Electrolyte Therapy in 1832 8. Early Development and Use of the Microscope 9. Clinical Chemistry Laboratory (1925-1960)

Product details

• Authors: Louis Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Louis
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.1999
• EAN: 9789056996451
• ISBN: 978-90-5699-645-1
• No. of pages: 578
• Weight: 1240 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries; MEDICAL / Diagnosis, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, MEDICAL / History, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Clinical, History of Medicine, chemistry, History of Science, MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, Medical Diagnosis