Gaffney, Timothy R.

Jerrold Petrofsky : biomedical pioneer / by Timothy R. Gaffney. - Chicago : Childrens Press, c1984. - 111 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Discusses the achievements of a scientist at Wright State University who has learned to use electronic stimulation to help people paralyzed after spinal cord injuries recover enough to move and even walk again.

0516032011

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Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott--Juvenile literature.
Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott.


Biomedical engineers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Electric stimulation--Juvenile literature.
Biomedical engineering.
People with disabilities.
Physical therapy.
Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries.

R856.2.P48 / G34 1984

617/.307/0924 B