Explorers of the Body is a book by Steven Lehrer that tells the story of epochal medical discoveries which have profoundly affected human health, and the men and women who made them. From the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians to modern medical science, the book covers the gamut of medical advances, among them: * Edward Jenner and smallpox vaccination * Gregor Mendel and genetics * Marie Curie and radioactivity * Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine * William Harvey and the circulation of the blood * Louis Pasteur and rabies vaccination * Joseph Lister and the rise of modern surgery