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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayward, Oliver S., M.D
Other Authors: Putnam, Constance E., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hanover : University Press of New England, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Smith, Nathan, > 1762-1829.
Smith, Nathan, > 1762-1829
Surgeons.
Physicians.
Medical teaching personnel.
Medical education.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
MEDICAL > Physicians.
Education, Medical > history
Physicians
General Surgery
Medical education > New England > History > 19th century.
Medical teaching personnel > New England > Biography.
Surgeons > New England > Biography.
Physicians > New England > Biography.
New England.
New England
History.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (387 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781611680928

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