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By Jerome Lowenstein. 290 pp. Great Barrington, MA, Gadd & Company, 2008. $17.95. ISBN 978-0-9774053-7-4.

Lawrence Henderson's simple equation, H⁺=KxHA/A^–, which describes the dynamic equilibrium that occurs when weak acids are in solution, was a revolutionary breakthrough that changed forever the way clinicians evaluate and manage acid–base disorders. This book, however, is not a treatise on acid–base chemistry or on Henderson's scientific breakthrough, but rather an engaging portrait of the man and his time.

The time is the early 20th century, and the reader experiences medical education as it was then, as well as glimpsing the mindset of the medical teachers and scientific investigators of that era. We learn about Henderson's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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