Medicine and technology in Canada, 1900-1950 / Allison Kirk-Montgomery, Shelley McKellar.

Ottawa : Canada Science and Technology Museum, 2008.

xii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Instruments of private practice and public health -- Fighting cancer: x-rays and surgery -- Tuberculosis and technology -- Discovery of insulin, the pharmaceutical industry, and medical research -- Technology beyond the mainstream: alternative practices and home medicine -- Prevention and treatment of poliomyelitis -- Replicating form and function: artificial body parts -- Monitoring, measuring, and intervening against heart disease.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-163) and index.

Prefatory material in English and French.