women medical scientists

"Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today"--Provided by publisher.

"In this book, you'll learn about groundbreaking female physicians and medical researchers, career paths in medicine, how to become a physician or medical researcher, key skills for success, methods of exploring medicine while in school, and . . . more"--Back cover.

Examines the life of Nobel Prize winner medical physicist Rosalyn Sussman Yalow in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills.

"This book examines the life of Nobel Prize winner medical physicist Rosalyn Sussman Yalow"--Provided by publisher.

Profiles seventeen women of science and medicine and features anecdotes, quotations, illustrations, and timelines.

Features the contributions and discoveries of twenty women scientists during the past century and a half.

Tells the story of the life and accomplishments of Dr. Rosalyn Yalow, the second woman in history to win a Nobel Prize in medicine, discussing her struggles to succeed in a traditionally male field, and showing how her courage extended into her later years when strokes and other illnesses threatened her survival.

Chronicles the lives and achievements of pioneering women in medicine, including cardiologist Helen Brook Taussig, pathologist Alice Hamilton, psychoanalyst Anna Freud, and medical researcher Florence Sabin.

Presents biographical sketches highlighting the contributions of women, mostly American, to the field of medicine in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A biography of the woman who used her understanding of chemistry to help develop medicines and who devoted her life to helping others.