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The making of modern medicine : turning points in the treatment of disease
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- Summary
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Originating in the prestigious Joanne Goodman Lecture Series, this book explores the foundations of medicine through three case studies that elucidate turning points in the evolution of health care.
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- Creator
- Michael Bliss
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 104 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226059013, 0226059014
- OCLC
- ocn587209667
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Fatalism : Montreal, 1885 -- The secular saints of Johns Hopkins -- Mastery : Toronto, 1922
Subjects
- Medicine -- Western countries -- History -- 19th century.
- Medicine -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
- Medical innovations -- Western countries -- History -- 19th century.
- Medical innovations -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
- Smallpox vaccine -- History.
- Insulin -- History.
- Medical education -- Western countries -- History -- 19th century.
- Medical education -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.