Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb

Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World

Many of the worldâ€™s most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a part in the discovery of unintentional cures and breakthroughs:

A plastic shard in an RAF pilotâ€™s eye leads to the use of plastic for contact lenses.
The inability to remove a titanium chamber from rabbitâ€™s bone leads to dental implants.
Viagra was discovered by a group of chemists, working in the lab to find a new drug to alleviate the pain of angina pectoris.
A stretch of five weeks of unusually warm weather in 1928 played a role in assisting Dr. Alexander Fleming in his analysis of bacterial growth and the discovery of penicillin.
After studying the effects of the venom injected by the bite of a deadly pit viper snake, chemists developed a groundbreaking drug that works to control blood pressure.

Accidental Medical Discoveries is an entertaining and enlightening look at the creation of 25 medical inventions that have changed the world Â– unintentionally. The book is presented in a lively and engaging way, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers, from history buffs to trivia fanatics to those in the medical profession.
Country USA
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-11-22
Format Kindle eBook

Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World