Basic knowledge about medicine is necessary for any person who is forced to see doctors and take medications—almost every one of us. This book is about how medicine as we know it today came to be. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the most important discoveries were made in the field of medicine and physiology, and they influenced the lives of all mankind. Many of the discoveries were awarded the main award for scientists - the Nobel Prize. Pavlov and Mechnikov, Koch and Fleming, Morgan, Crick, Watson - the fate of the titans and their most important discoveries from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. 30 of the most important medical discoveries in human history are collected in this excellent book for a wide audience.