Welch, William Henry, 163–64, 165, 172–73, 174–75
Wells, Horace, 152–53, 156
Wells, Thomas Spencer, 111
Where Good Ideas Come From (Johnson), 14
Whitman, Royal, 258–59
Wienroth, Matthias, 224–25
Wilson, Catherine, 89
Wöllstein, eastern Prussia, 113, 114–15, 120–21
Wood, Alexander, 145
Woolsthorpe Manor, 46–47, 48–50
Wootton, David, xiii, 40–41
World War I, 127, 128, 200
World War II, 127, 260–61, 268–69
wounds
cauterizing with hot oil, 30
effect of anesthesia and antiseptics, 166
Hunter treating war wounded, 73–74
Koch proves presence of bacteria, 118
scrap caused by a rusty nail, 232–33
Wren, Christopher, 49
Wrightington, England, 210–12
Wrightington Hospital, England, 269–75
wrist replacement surgery, 293
X
xenograft implants, 229
X-rays
arthritis becomes surgically treatable, 190
discovery of, 3
and fracture care, 192
invention of, 215
live X-rays for neurosurgery, 319
platinum and rubber shoulder implant, 189
Y
Yale vs. Princeton football game, 280–81
yeast as agent of fermentation, 110