Details for Doctors : the biography of medicine
| Title: | Doctors : the biography of medicine |
| Author(s): | Nuland, Sherwin B. |
| Edition: | 2nd Vintage Books |
| Pages: | 519 |
| Publisher: | New York : Vintage Books, 1995 |
| Subject(s): | Medicine--History History of Medicine Physicians--Biography |
| Genre: | Book |
| Notes: | Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-510) and index. Location: Humanities in Medicine |
| Call Number: | WZ 112 N969d 1995 |
| Annotation: | From Hippocrates, to Vesalius, to Sir William Osler, to today's most advanced researchers, Dr. Nuland brilliantly recounts medical history through the lives of outstanding physicians. In addition to examining their technical breakthroughs, the author considers the ethics, the philosophy, and the art of medicine. With his knowledgeable background and engaging prose, the author, formerly a surgeon at Yale, expertly illuminates the progress of medicine as advanced by its most talented practitioners. |
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