Frontiers in comparative medicine / [by] W.I.B. Beveridge ; foreword by Robert A. Good.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beveridge, W. I. B. (William Ian Beardmore), 1908-2006.

Series:

Wesley W. Spink lectures on comparative medicine ; v. 1.

The Wesley W. Spink lectures on comparative medicine ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pathology, Comparative.

Medicine, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1972]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Frontiers in Comparative Medicine was first published in 1972. In this initial volume of the series to be based on the Wesley W. Spink Lectures on Comparative Medicine, Dr. Beveridge, the noted British scientist, discusses the contributions to human medicine resulting from studies of disease in animals. The book serves as an excellent introduction to this important aspect of science, suitable for general readers as well as for those studying or working in the medical, biological, or social sciences.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE LOGIC OF THE COMPARATIVE METHOD; 2 ANIMAL MODELS OF HUMAN DISEASES; 3 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INFLUENZA; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6155-3

OCLC:

234379906