Eugene Braunwald and the Rise of Modern Medicine / / Thomas H. Lee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
• VerfasserIn: Lee, Thomas H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (397 p.) :; 16 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 1 table

Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. Thomas H. Lee tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Window -- 1. Flight from Europe, 1929-1939 -- 2. An American Education, 1939-1948 -- 3. Medical Education and Training, 1948-1952 -- 4. Internship and Research at Mount Sinai and Bellevue, 1952-1955 -- 5. Clinical Associate at the NIH, 1955-1957 -- 6. Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1958 -- 7. The "Golden Years" at the NIH, 1958-1968 -- 8. Building a Medical School in San Diego, 1968-1972 -- 9. Rebuilding the Brigham, 1972-1980 -- 10. Growth and Integration, 1980-1996 -- 11. Research in Evolution -- 12. Textbooks and Education in Evolution -- 13. The Still Years -- Appendix: Impact on the Field -- Notes -- Index