David Wendel Yandell : physician of old Louisville / Nancy Disher Baird.
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TextSeries: Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelfPublication details: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1978.Description: 1 online resource (x, 115, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9780813150284
- 0813150280
- Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898
- University of Louisville. School of Medicine -- History
- Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898
- University of Louisville. School of Medicine
- Physicians -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Biography
- Louisville (Ky.) -- Biography
- Physicians
- Kentucky -- Louisville
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference
- MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Atlases
- MEDICAL -- Essays
- MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice
- MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Osteopathy
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- 610/.92/4 B
- R154.Y25 B34
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116).
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Louisville Medical Institute; 2 The ""Damned Unpromising Specimen""; 3 Medical Director; 4 Professor of Surgery; 5 Editor and Medical Politician; Postscript; Notes; A Note to Readers.
David Wendel Yandell was the most distinguished physician of a family noted for its contributions to the medical profession over a period of generations. Like his father before him, Yandell taught for many years at the Medical Department of the University of Louisville. His years as a Confederate surgeon impressed upon him the horrifying consequences of the inadequate preparation of most physicians. Concerned especially about the need for practical training, Yandell waged a twenty-year campaign to expand clinic facilities and introduce intern programs at his own school and across the nation. H.
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