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Accidental Medical Discoveries – Robert W. Winters

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Accidental Medical Discoveries

How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World

Robert W. Winters

Genre: History

Price: $1.99

Publish Date: November 22, 2016

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Seller: The Perseus Books Group, LLC


Many of the world’s most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a part in the discovery of unintentional cures and breakthroughs: A plastic shard in an RAF pilot’s eye leads to the use of plastic for contact lenses. The inability to remove a titanium chamber from rabbit’s bone leads to dental implants. Viagra was discovered by a group of chemists, working in the lab to find a new drug to alleviate the pain of angina pectoris. A stretch of five weeks of unusually warm weather in 1928 played a role in assisting Dr. Alexander Fleming in his analysis of bacterial growth and the discovery of penicillin. After studying the effects of the venom injected by the bite of a deadly pit viper snake, chemists developed a groundbreaking drug that works to control blood pressure. Accidental Medical Discoveries is an entertaining and enlightening look at the creation of 25 medical inventions that have changed the world – unintentionally. The book is presented in a lively and engaging way, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers, from history buffs to trivia fanatics to those in the medical profession.

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Peter Rona, 79, Dies; Explorer Found Hot Springs on Ocean Floor

Discoveries made by Dr. Rona, a professor at Rutgers, piqued interest in deep-sea mining and the origins of life on earth. Read original article:  Peter Rona, 79, Dies; Explorer Found Hot Springs on Ocean Floor ; ;Related ArticlesPeter Rona, 79, Explorer of Ocean Depths, DiesThe Mammoth ComethU.S. Moves Toward Atlantic Oil Exploration, Stirring Debate Over Sea Life ;

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Peter Rona, 79, Dies; Explorer Found Hot Springs on Ocean Floor

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