Ernest William Goodpasture: Scientist, Scholar, Gentleman
by Collins, Robert D
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 1577362519
- ISBN 13
- 9781577362517
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 466 pages + CD, includes compact disc, illus., notes, selected sources, guide to the companion compact disc, index, boards slightly bowed. Machineautographed letter from author to Vanderbilt Medical School graduates laid in. Visionary, pathologist, consummate investigator, practical idealist, and gracious colleague, Ernest Goodpasture furthered the cause of humanity through his seminal discoveries in the research laboratory and exemplary conduct as an academician. The chick embryo technique for culturing viruses is Mr. Goodpasture's best known contribution to medical science and the field of virology. Because of his discovery, many vaccines for yellow fever, influenza, smallpox, and typhus have been developed along with discovering the viral cuase of mumps. Serving as dean of Vanderbilt Medical School, Ernest William Goodpasture was one of a kind in his field, bringing the school into worldwide recognition.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46921
- Title
- Ernest William Goodpasture: Scientist, Scholar, Gentleman
- Author
- Collins, Robert D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1577362519
- ISBN 13
- 9781577362517
- Publisher
- Hillsboro Press
- Place of Publication
- Franklin, TN
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Vanderbilt Univ., Chick Embryo, Mumps Vaccine, Yellow Fever, Influenza, Typhus, Virology, Ernest Goodpasture, Medical Research
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