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Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer
Therapy explores the design, synthesis, and application of
different multifunctional nanocomposites drug delivery system for
cancer treatment. It encompasses initial chapters discussing
introductory information about cancer, followed by chapters
focusing on the detailed information about various novel drug
delivery systems for treatment of several organ site cancers such
as prostate, skin, breast, lung, liver, pancreas, stomach, colon,
blood, mouth and throat. It is a valuable resource for cancer
researchers, oncologists, graduate students, and members of
biomedical research who need to understand more about novel
nanotechnologies applied to cancer treatment.
In spring 1876 a physician named James Madison DeWolf accepted the
assignment of contract surgeon for the Seventh Cavalry, becoming
one of three surgeons who accompanied Custer's battalion at the
Battle of the Little Big Horn. Killed in the early stages of the
battle, he might easily have become a mere footnote in the many
chronicles of this epic campaign - but he left behind an eyewitness
account in his diary and correspondence. A Surgeon with Custer at
the Little Big Horn is the first annotated edition of these rare
accounts since 1958, and the most complete treatment to date. While
researchers have known of DeWolf's diary for many years, few
details have surfaced about the man himself. In A Surgeon with
Custer at the Little Big Horn, Todd E. Harburn bridges this gap,
providing a detailed biography of DeWolf as well as extensive
editorial insight into his writings. As one of the most highly
educated men who traveled with Custer, the surgeon was well
equipped to compose articulate descriptions of the 1876 campaign
against the Indians, a fateful journey that began for him at Fort
Lincoln, Dakota Territory, and ended on the battlefield in eastern
Montana Territory. In letters to his beloved wife, Fannie, and in
diary entries - reproduced in this volume exactly as he wrote them
- DeWolf describes the terrain, weather conditions, and medical
needs that he and his companions encountered along the way. After
DeWolf's death, his colleague Dr. Henry Porter, who survived the
conflict, retrieved his diary and sent it to DeWolf's widow. Later,
the DeWolf family donated it to the Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument. Now available in this accessible and fully
annotated format, the diary, along with the DeWolf's personal
correspondence, serves as a unique primary resource for information
about the Little Big Horn campaign and medical practices on the
western frontier.
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