Improve, perfect & perpetuate : Dr. Nathan Smith and early American medical education /
This is the first full-scale biography of Nathan Smith -- medical pioneer, founder of Dartmouth Medical School and cofounder of three other medical schools (Yale, Vermont, and Bowdoin), and progenitor of a long line of physicians. Smith was a central figure in early American medical education, from...
| Основен автор: | Hayward, Oliver S., M.D. |
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| Други автори: | Putnam, Constance E., 1943- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Hanover :
University Press of New England,
℗♭1998.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=34455 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Improve, perfect & perpetuate. |
| Резюме: |
This is the first full-scale biography of Nathan Smith -- medical pioneer, founder of Dartmouth Medical School and cofounder of three other medical schools (Yale, Vermont, and Bowdoin), and progenitor of a long line of physicians. Smith was a central figure in early American medical education, from 1787 when he began practicing in New Hampshire, to his death in New Haven in 1829. In his day, Smith was probably the nation's leading physician, surgeon, and medical educator, and well ahead of his time in insisting that doctors practice ""watchful waiting"" and emphasizing patient-centered care. I. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 362 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781611680928 1611680921 0585248990 9780585248998 |