Grand Rounds : : One Hundred Years of Internal Medicine /

Grand Rounds : : One Hundred Years of Internal Medicine / / ed. by Diana E. Long, Russell C. Maulitz.

The history of medicine has come to occupy a significant place in our understanding of modern society and the American cultural fabric. To fully understand and appreciate American medicine in the twentieth century one must contend with the twin processes of specialization and professionalization. Gr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Beeson, Paul B.,
Benedek, Thomas G.,
Fye, W. Bruce,
Howell, Joel D.,
Kass, Edward H.,
Kirsner, Joseph B.,
Kunitz, Stephen J.,
Marks, Harry M.,
Maulitz, Russell C.,
Peitzman, Steven J.,
Stevens, Rosemary,
HerausgeberIn:
Long, Diana E.,
Maulitz, Russell C.,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1988
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.) :; 10 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • 1. Grand Rounds: An Introduction to the History of Internal Medicine
  • 2. The Inner History of Internal Medicine
  • 3. The Literature of Internal Medicine
  • PART II. THE SUBSPECIALTIES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE: CASE STUDIES
  • 4. History of the Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases in the United States
  • 5. One Hundred Years of American Gastroenterology
  • 6. A Century of American Rheumatology
  • 7. Nephrology in America from Thomas Addis to the Artificial Kidney
  • 8. Hearts and Minds: The Invention and Transformation of American Cardiology
  • PART III. HISTORICAL PROBLEMS IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
  • 9. Classifications in Medicine
  • 10. Notes from the Underground: The Social Organization of Therapeutic Research
  • PART IV. A CONCLUDING VIEW
  • 11. The Curious Career of Internal Medicine: Functional Ambivalence, Social Success
  • Contributors
  • Index

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