Seeking the cure : a history of medicine in America / Ira Rutkow.
By: Rutkow, Ira M.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2010Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-345) and index.Description: x, 356 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781416538288 (hc.); 9781416538417 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Medicine -- United States -- History | Physicians -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 610Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 610 R935 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003712064 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-345) and index.
1. Colonial medicine -- 2. Democratizaton of healing -- 3. Emergence of modern medicine -- 4. Consolidation of power -- 5. Scientific advancement -- 6. Professional authority -- 7. Challenges of success -- 8. Ascendancy -- 9. Supremacy -- 10. Transformation.
An entertaining and intelligent history of the development of medicine in America by an award-winning physician.
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