{"product_id":"if-i-die-in-the-jon-franklin-9780595301300","title":"If I Die In The Service Of Science: The Dramatic Stories of Medical Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves","description":"\u003ci\u003eIf I Die in the Service of Science\u003c\/i\u003e (First published as \u003ci\u003eGuinea Pig Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e) details the lives, experiments and discoveries of eight medical doctors who, in the course of their scientific investigations, used their own bodies to verify their revolutionary medical theories. Beginning with John Hunter's work on \"the pox\" in 18th century England, the book recounts the fascinating, colorful lives of these \"guinea pig doctors\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Hartford dentist who \"discovered\" anesthesia by experimenting on himself with laughing gas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe German scientists who toasted his rival with a solution laced with deadly cholera bacteria \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe famous case of Jesse Lazear, who let himself be bitten by a mosquito carrying yellow fever--and died--to prove to his colleagues that the disease was not spread by bacterial infection. \u003cp\u003eThe authors re-create these dramas in absorbing detail, focusing on the misconceptions and superstitions of society and the medical establishment against which each doctor struggled bravely--and won. The result is a rare blend of historical entertainment and incisive examination of the motivations--psychological, financial, social, professional--that drove these doctors to gamble their own lives on their theories. It is a marvelous and instructive study in human dedication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Franklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595301304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595301300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.94w x 0.81d\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jon Franklin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998586319103,"sku":"9780595301300","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-i-die-in-the-jon-franklin-9780595301300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}