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“…In the early 1950s, X-ray diffraction studies by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins showed that DNA is a double helix. Finally, in 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson put together the chemical and X-ray diffraction information in their famous model of the structure of DNA. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From abandonment to the idea of healing -- The Doctor-patient relationship -- The Hippocratic corpus -- The Discovery of microscopic life -- The Medical encounter and the history of the present illness -- Galenic medicine -- "On the fabric of the human body" by Andreas Vesalius -- The Physical examination -- To see for oneself at the autopsy -- "On the motion of the heart" by William Harvey -- Diagnostic x-ray examinations -- "Observations and experiments on the gastric juice and the physiology of digestion" by William Beaumont -- "Nervism" and the integration of the organ systems -- "Chemical messengers" and the discovery of hormones -- The Germ theory of disease -- Smallpox vaccination -- Aspirin -- The Initiation of insulin therapy -- Florence Nightingale and modern nursing -- The Development of sewage systems -- Public works and health -- Paul Ehrlich's "Magic Bullets" -- Eradication of smallpox by the World Health Organization -- Gregor Mendel's discovery of genetics -- Friedrich Miescher discovers DNA in pus -- Oswald Theodore Avery uncovers the function of DNA -- The Structure of DNA is elucidated by James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin -- The Genetic Code -- Tropical Medicine -- Microscopes -- The Fool of pest --…”

“…Cuando el 28 de febrero de 1953 los científicos James Watson y Francis Crick irrumpieron en un pub de Cambridge para proclamar el descubrimiento de la estructura de doble hélice del ácido desoxirribonucleico -el ADN-, nada volvió a ser igual en la historia de la ciencia y de la humanidad.Watson, Crick y Maurice Wilkins ganaron el Premio Nobel de Medicina en 1962, mientras que el bestseller La doble hélice, las memorias de Watson sobre el descubrimiento, asentó un relato oficial plagado de medias verdades, injurias y prejuicios. …”