Seeking the cure : a history of medicine in America / Ira Rutkow.
| Author/creator | Rutkow, Ira, 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Scribner, 2010. |
| Description | x, 356 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. Colonial medicine -- 2. Democratizaton of healing -- 3. Emergence of modern medicine -- 4. Consolidation of power -- 5. Scientific advancement -- 6. Professional authority -- 7. Challenges of success -- 8. Ascendancy -- 9. Supremacy -- 10. Transformation. |
| Abstract | An entertaining and intelligent history of the development of medicine in America by an award-winning physician. |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-345) and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection |
| LCCN | 2009049758 |
| ISBN | 9781416538288 (hc.) |
| ISBN | 1416538283 (hc.) |
| ISBN | 9781416538417 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1416538410 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | R151 .R78 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 70 AA1 R977S 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Laupus | History Reading Room - Does not circulate | WZ 70 AA1 R977S 2010 | ✔ Available | |
| Laupus | Country Doctor Museum - Does not circulate | WZ 70 AA1 R977S 2010 CDM | ✔ Available |