Healing Kentucky : medicine in the Bluegrass State /
From the pioneering Danville surgeon Ephraim McDowell, the first doctor to successfully perform abdominal surgery, and Luke Blackburn, dubbed the "Hero of Hickman" and elected governor in 1879 after his efforts to combat yellow fever, to contemporary Kentucky doctors performing groundbreak...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2007.
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Colección: | New books for new readers.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. She Lived!; 2. They Died Faster Than Coffins Could Be Made; 3. It's a Wonder That Anyone Survived; 4. No One Should Live in Filth; 5. He Had Red Sore Eyes and Is Blind; 6. Viruses Among Us; 7. It's the Law; 8. It Struck Fear in Every Parent's Heart; 9. You Could Die of Dog Smell; 10. Fixed Her Face; 11. Sounds Like Science Fiction; Final Comments; About the Author