Bibliograph

A scientific revolution, ten men and women who reinvented American medicine, Ralph H. Hruban, MD & Will Linder

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A scientific revolution, ten men and women who reinvented American medicine, Ralph H. Hruban, MD & Will Linder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A scientific revolution

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1314367985

Responsibility statement

Ralph H. Hruban, MD & Will Linder

Sub title

ten men and women who reinvented American medicine

Summary

A collective biography of ten men and women--all affiliated with Johns Hopkins--who helped transform the practice of medicine in the United States

Table Of Contents

Introduction: A revolution in American medicine -- Mary Elizabeth Garrett : equity and excellence -- John Shaw Billings : building medicine for a new century -- William Henry Welch : medicine through the lens of science -- William Osler : philosophy of being a physician and patient-centered teaching -- William Stewart Halsted : victory wrought from defeat -- Jesse William Lazear : the ultimate sacrifice -- Max Brödel : art applied to medicine -- Dorothy Reed Mendenhall : hardship and discrimination -- Helen Taussig : the founder of pediatric cardiology -- Vivien Thomas : something the Lord made -- Epilogue

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Ten men and women who reinvented American medicine

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