Medicine and technology in Canada, 1900-1950 / Allison Kirk-Montgomery, Shelley McKellar.

  • Kirk-Montgomery, Allison, 1951-
Date:
2008
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Ottawa : Canada Science and Technology Museum, 2008.

Physical description

xii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-163) and index.

Contents

Instruments of private practice and public health -- Fighting cancer: x-rays and surgery -- Tuberculosis and technology -- Discovery of insulin, the pharmaceutical industry, and medical research -- Technology beyond the mainstream: alternative practices and home medicine -- Prevention and treatment of poliomyelitis -- Replicating form and function: artificial body parts -- Monitoring, measuring, and intervening against heart disease.

Language note

Prefatory material in English and French.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AC.54.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781100107851
  • 1100107851