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Moments of truth in genetic medicine / Susan Lindee.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindee, M. Susan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical genetics--United States--History.
- Medical genetics.
- Genetics, Medical--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- History.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetics, Medical--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Babies' blood: phenylketonuria and the rise of public health genetics
- Provenance and the pedigree: Victor McKusick's field work with the Pennsylvania Amish
- Squashed spiders: standardizing the human chromosomes and other unruly things
- Two peas in a pod: twin science and the rise of human behavior genetics
- Jewish genes: history, emotion, and familial dysautonomia
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Essay on sources
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-259) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0801881757
- OCLC:
- 57123912
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