Genetics and Medicine in Great Britain 1600 to 1939

by Alan R. Rushton, M.D., Ph.D., HS ’80 (Trafford Publishing) This historical study examines the close professional relationship between British scientists studying the nature of heredity and the practicing physicians of the day. It shows the close collaboration between scientists and physicians during the decades before World War II that has defined the present understanding of the scope of modern “medical” genetics.