Innovation and tradition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine : an anecdotal journey /

From the time of its establishment in the eighteenth century until late in the nineteenth century, the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine was the most respected medical institution in the United States. Today it is among the leaders in medical education in the U.S. It continues to...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, David Y., III, 1924-2013
Otros Autores: Ledger, Marshall A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1990.
Temas:
University of Pennsylvania. > School of Medicine > History.
University of Pennsylvania. > School of Medicine.
Medical colleges > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Schools, Medical > history
Écoles de médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Medical colleges.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD / Asbury, Arthur K.
  • FOREWORD / Rhoads, Jonathan E.
  • PREFACE: HISTORICAL SURPRISES / Cooper, David Y.
  • PREFACE: A WRITER/ EDITOR'S TALE / Ledger, Marshall A.
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: HISTORY ROUNDS
  • 1. STIRRINGS OF ORGANIZED MEDICAL EDUCATION
  • 2. EARLY TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS
  • 3. CONDITIONS OF LEARNING
  • 4. THE FIRST WAVE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY LUMINARIES
  • 5. CREATING A CHANGE OR REACTING TO IT
  • 6. THE START OF SEVERAL MODERN DEPARTMENTS
  • 7. A CHAIR FOR SURGERY
  • 8. SPECIALIZED INSTITUTES
  • 9. REFORM, GENTLEMANLY AND OTHERWISE
  • 10. A NEW BUILDING AND NEW RESEARCH GROUPS IN SURGERY AND DERMATOLOGY
  • 11. MERGERS AND GRADUATE EDUCATION
  • 12. ESTABLISHING TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRACTICE OF SCIENCE
  • 13. SCIENCE AND PRACTICE: THE NEXT PHASE
  • 14. THE MALONEY CONSTELLATION AND A SEVERE SELF-EXAMINATION
  • 15. MEDICAL PHYSICS
  • 16. DISCOVERIES THAT TURNED INTO HOUSEHOLD NAMES
  • 17. RESEARCH DURING WORLD WAR II AND AFTERWARDS
  • 18. ADVANCES IN PENNSYLVANIA'S PEDIATRIC SERVICE AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
  • 19. INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN ERA
  • APPENDIX I: DEPARTMENT HEADS
  • APPENDIX II: BUILDINGS OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
  • APPENDIX III: BUILDINGS OF THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
  • INDEX

Ejemplares similares