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A history of Yale's School of Medicine : passing torches to others / Gerard N. Burrows.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300132885
  • 0300132883
  • 128173103X
  • 9781281731036
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of Yale's School of Medicine.DDC classification:
  • 610.71/1746/8 21
LOC classification:
  • R747.Y27 B87 2002eb
NLM classification:
  • W 19
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Founding Years -- 3. Hard Times: The Dark Years -- 4. Flexner�s Report and Blumer�s Deanship: The Defining Years -- 5. “A Steam Engine in Pants�: The Boom Years -- 6. The Bubble Bursts: The Depression Years -- 7. The Medical School Goes to War -- 8. Peace and Readjustment -- 9. Expansion Years -- 10. Social Unrest: The Turbulent Years -- 11. The Department of Medicine -- 12. Public Health and the Greater Good -- 13. The State Hospital -- 14. Epilogue -- Notes
Summary: Burrow tells the story of the Yale University School of Medicine, tracing its history from its origins in 1810, when it had four professors and 37 students, to its present status as one of the world's outstanding medical schools. It focuses on the important relationship of the medical school to the university, which has long operated under the precept that one should heal the body as well as the soul.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-356) and index.

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Burrow tells the story of the Yale University School of Medicine, tracing its history from its origins in 1810, when it had four professors and 37 students, to its present status as one of the world's outstanding medical schools. It focuses on the important relationship of the medical school to the university, which has long operated under the precept that one should heal the body as well as the soul.

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Founding Years -- 3. Hard Times: The Dark Years -- 4. Flexner�s Report and Blumer�s Deanship: The Defining Years -- 5. “A Steam Engine in Pants�: The Boom Years -- 6. The Bubble Bursts: The Depression Years -- 7. The Medical School Goes to War -- 8. Peace and Readjustment -- 9. Expansion Years -- 10. Social Unrest: The Turbulent Years -- 11. The Department of Medicine -- 12. Public Health and the Greater Good -- 13. The State Hospital -- 14. Epilogue -- Notes

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