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Grand Rounds : One Hundred Years of Internal Medicine /

An historical overview of the evolution of modern internal medicine; includes discussions of cardiology and gastroenerology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, nephrology and endocrinology, and other subspecialties.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maulitz, Russell C.
Otros Autores: Long, Diana E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • 1. Grand Rounds: An Introduction to the History of Internal Medicine
  • 2. The Inner History of Internal Medicine
  • 3. The Literature of Internal Medicine
  • PART II. THE SUBSPECIALTIES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE: CASE STUDIES
  • 4. History of the Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases in the United States
  • 5. One Hundred Years of American Gastroenterology
  • 6. A Century of American Rheumatology
  • 7. Nephrology in America from Thomas Addis to the Artificial Kidney
  • 8. Hearts and Minds: The Invention and Transformation of American Cardiology
  • PART III. HISTORICAL PROBLEMS IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
  • 9. Classifications in Medicine
  • 10. Notes from the Underground: The Social Organization of Therapeutic Research
  • PART IV. A CONCLUDING VIEW
  • 11. The Curious Career of Internal Medicine: Functional Ambivalence, Social Success
  • Contributors
  • Index