"She proved that women could be doctors too. "I'm going to be a doctor." young Elizabeth Blackwell tell her family. She knows it won't be easy. In 1840, there were no women doctors in America. But Elizabeth was raised to think for herself. The medical schools she applies to won't accept her. Doctors angrily tell her to give up. Finally, when shi is accepted at the Geneva Medical College in upstate New York, Elizabeth finds out it was the result...

Introduces young readers to Dr. Anthony Fauci, best known for his achievements in the sciences of contagious diseases and for his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Readers will enjoy learning about Fauci's early years, education, and accomplishments.

"Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father's pharmacy on his blue Schwinn bicycle. His father and immigrant grandfather taught Anthony to ask questions, consider all the data, and never give up-and Anthony's ability to stay curious and to communicate with people would serve him his entire life. This engaging narrative,...

Short biographies of more than thirty men and women who excelled in the field of medical science. Includes Hippocrates, Pare, Vesalius, Harvey, Serturner, Ehrlich, Morton, Fleming, Florey, Chain, Laennec, Roentgen, Leeuwenhoek, Jenner, Semmelweis, Lister, Pasteur, Koch, Laveran, Ross, Metchnikoff, Blackwell, Schweitzer, Virchow, Cannon, Drew, Freud, Curie, Osler, Watson, Crick, Pinel, Sabin, Taussig, Murray, and Salk.