The Renaissance of American Medicine: A Century of New Learning and Caring

by Alan C. Mermann

Overview

The Renaissance of American Medicine presents an historical overview of medicine in the early years of American history that set the stage for a remarkable renewal in the profession: in its teaching, training, and practice. This study examines in some detail the accepted bases of medical education and practice between 1830 and 1920. The focus is upon individual physicians who saw the need for changes, for new methods of education, and for intelligent criticism of professional status and accepted methods of practice. This study makes a great reference book for students of history and/or medicine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761818649
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/13/2000
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.16(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Alan C. Mermann is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Chaplain, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface; Introduction Chapter 2 Medicine in Colonial America Chapter 3 Years of Conflict and Change Chapter 4 Jacob Bigelow, 1787-1879 Chapter 5 John Young Bassett, 1805-1851 Chapter 6 Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, 1808-1892 Chapter 7 John Hoskins Griscom, 1809-1874 Chapter 8 Oliver Wendall Holmes, 1809-1874 Chapter 9 Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821-1910 Chapter 10 William Henry Holcombe, 1825-1893 Chapter 11 Mary Putnam Jacobi, 1842-1906 Chapter 12 William James, 1842-1910 Chapter 13 Richard Clarke Cabot, 1869-1939 Chapter 14 Alice Hamilton, 1869-1970 Chapter 15 Postscript; Index

Editorial Reviews

Readers looking for a brief, reliable, and highly readable account of this period will find Mermann's excellent book of interest.

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