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Author Burrow, Gerard N., 1933-2013.

Title A history of Yale's School of Medicine : passing torches to others / Gerard N. Burrows.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-356) and index.
Summary Burrow tells the story of the Yale University School of Medicine, tracing its history from its origins in 1810, when it had four professors and 37 students, to its present status as one of the world's outstanding medical schools. It focuses on the important relationship of the medical school to the university, which has long operated under the precept that one should heal the body as well as the soul.
Contents ""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Founding Years""; ""3. Hard Times: The Dark Years""; ""4. Flexner�s Report and Blumer�s Deanship: The Defining Years""; ""5. “A Steam Engine in Pants�: The Boom Years""; ""6. The Bubble Bursts: The Depression Years""; ""7. The Medical School Goes to War""; ""8. Peace and Readjustment""; ""9. Expansion Years""; ""10. Social Unrest: The Turbulent Years""; ""11. The Department of Medicine""; ""12. Public Health and the Greater Good""; ""13. The State Hospital""; ""14. Epilogue""; ""Notes""
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Subject Medical colleges -- Connecticut -- History.
Medical colleges.
Connecticut.
History.
Medical education -- Connecticut -- History.
Medical education.
Schools, Medical -- history.
Education, Medical -- history.
Connecticut.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Burrow, Gerard N., 1933- History of Yale's School of Medicine. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002 0300092075 9780300092073 (DLC) 2002016800 (OCoLC)48957933
ISBN 9780300132885 (electronic book)
0300132883 (electronic book)
128173103X
9781281731036
0300092075
9780300092073