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Article: The "Soap" Opera of Medical Research.(Dr. Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis urged colleagues to wash their hands in-between patients before Pasteur showed that bacteria cause infection)
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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The annual Medical Research issue is, historically, an opportunity to showcase the latest news-breaking, eyebrow-raising, Buck Rogers-style innovations that will, it is hoped, impact on our lives and on the lives of our children with special healthcare needs.
But I'd like to depart just a little from that and reflect on the nature of medical research, specifically where we've been and what we've stumbled across to bring us to today and tomorrow.
A recent book set out to identify and describe the ten greatest medical discoveries of all time (Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries, by Friedman and Friedland). You may find it interesting to not only see the ...
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