New Releases by Paul de Kruif

Paul de Kruif is known for his controversial opinions on modern medicine. Our Medicine Men highlights the scientist''s disputable account of the medical profession. Our Medicine Men presents Paul de Kruif''s controversial modern medicine opinions. The collected essays were first published in The Century Magazine, which resulted in many medical and scientific professionals criticising Kruif''s work for providing ''detrimental'' false information. ""A devastating attack upon the pomposities, absurdities and dangerous practices in the medical profession"" - Publishers Weekly, 1922 This volume features the following chapters: - ''The Dignity of the Medical Profession'' - ''The Role of Credulity'' - ''On a Misconception of the Role of Physicians - ''The Cure of Disease'' - ''Pills Make Way for Prevention'' - ''Religio Sanitatis'' - ''The Molding of the Raw Material'' - ''The Science of the Study of Disease'' - ''The Master Physician and the Anti-Physician'' First published in 1922, Our Medicine Men is not to be missed by collectors of Paul de Kruif''s work and those interested in the history of medicine.

An account of the discovery and development of the great iron deposits of the Mesabi Range describes how the seven Merritt brothers found the iron ore in 1890, only to lose control of the resource and the wealth that it would bring to powerful industrialist John D. Rockefeller. Reprint.

Presents twelve stories of the men who pioneered the study of bacteriology.

The story of a pioneering doctor''s crusade against mental disease with the new chemical weapons.

This book contains eleven essays relating to the fight against hunger and the people responsible behind this movement.