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Author	Offit, Paul A.
Title	You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovation / Paul A. Offit, MD.
Publication Info.	New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021.
	©2021

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11	615 O	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	258 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
Contents	Louis Washkansky : heart transplants -- Ryan White : blood transfusions -- Hannah Greener : anesthesia -- "Jim" : biologicals -- Joan Marlar : antibiotics -- Anne Gottsdanker : vaccines -- Clarence Dally : x-rays -- "Eleven unnamed children" : chemotherapy -- Jesse Gelsinger : gene therapy -- Epilogue : living with uncertainty.
Subject	Therapeutics -- History.
	Therapeutics -- Complications.
	Diffusion of innovations.
	Medicine -- Research -- History.
	Biotechnology -- Risk assessment.
	Bioethics.
Added Title	From blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovation
ISBN	9781541620391 hardcover
	1541620399 hardcover
	9781541620384 electronic book
Standard No.	40030792643

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