Innovation and Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine : : An Anecdotal Journey / / David Y. Cooper III, Marshall A. Ledger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Cooper III, David Y.,; Ledger, Marshall A.,
• MitwirkendeR: Asbury, Arthur K.,; Cooper, David Y.,; Ledger, Marshall A.,; Rhoads, Jonathan E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1990]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 75 illus.

From the time of its establishment in the eighteenth century until late in the nineteenth century, the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine was the most respected medical institution in the United States. Today it is among the leaders in medical education in the U.S. It continues to play a crucial role in the development of medical education, the practice of medicine, and medical research in America. Innovation and Tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: An Anecdotal Journey presents a thoroughly researched, readable history of this important institution. Tracing its growth from a couple of courses at the College of Philadelphia to its 225th anniversary in 1990, the authors highlight the truly remarkable contributions to science and medicine made by members of the school's distinguished faculty including--Benjamin Rush, Caspar Wistar, Joseph Leidy, Simon Flexner, lsador Ravdin, and Britton Chance.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE: HISTORICAL SURPRISES -- PREFACE: A WRITER/ EDITOR'S TALE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: HISTORY ROUNDS -- 1. STIRRINGS OF ORGANIZED MEDICAL EDUCATION -- 2. EARLY TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS -- 3. CONDITIONS OF LEARNING -- 4. THE FIRST WAVE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY LUMINARIES -- 5. CREATING A CHANGE OR REACTING TO IT -- 6. THE START OF SEVERAL MODERN DEPARTMENTS -- 7. A CHAIR FOR SURGERY -- 8. SPECIALIZED INSTITUTES -- 9. REFORM, GENTLEMANLY AND OTHERWISE -- 10. A NEW BUILDING AND NEW RESEARCH GROUPS IN SURGERY AND DERMATOLOGY -- 11. MERGERS AND GRADUATE EDUCATION -- 12. ESTABLISHING TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRACTICE OF SCIENCE -- 13. SCIENCE AND PRACTICE: THE NEXT PHASE -- 14. THE MALONEY CONSTELLATION AND A SEVERE SELF-EXAMINATION -- 15. MEDICAL PHYSICS -- 16. DISCOVERIES THAT TURNED INTO HOUSEHOLD NAMES -- 17. RESEARCH DURING WORLD WAR II AND AFTERWARDS -- 18. ADVANCES IN PENNSYLVANIA'S PEDIATRIC SERVICE AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA -- 19. INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN ERA -- APPENDIX I: DEPARTMENT HEADS -- APPENDIX II: BUILDINGS OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE -- APPENDIX III: BUILDINGS OF THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA -- INDEX