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Author Laureno, Robert.

Title Raymond Adams : a life of mind and muscle / Robert Laureno.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages, 51 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The phenomenon of Raymond D. Adams -- Education and professional endeavors -- Investigations and ideas -- Family, retirement, and old age -- Major original contributions -- Major books of Raymond D. Adams -- Accomplishment and legacy of Raymond Adams -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
Summary Raymond Adams: A Life of Mind and Muscle is a contribution to the history of neurology and the history of American medicine. Adams, one of the greats of neurology, advanced the fields of neurology, neuropathology, internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, and psychology. Drawing on 50 interviews with Raymond D. Adams and on interviews with 50 other professionals and family members, this book documents his contributions to knowledge, his expansion of the realm of neurology, and his vast impact as an educator and author. Following an introductory chapter, "The Phenomenon of Raymond Adams, &
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Subject Adams, Raymond D. (Raymond Delacy), 1911-2008.
Adams, Raymond D. (Raymond Delacy), 1911-2008.
Neurologists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Neurologists.
Massachusetts -- Boston.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Physicians.
History, 20th Century.
Neurology.
United States.
Genre/Form Biography.
Interview.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Laureno, Robert. Raymond Adams. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780195379082 019537908X (DLC) 2008049514 (OCoLC)275152246
ISBN 9780199702459 (electronic book)
0199702454 (electronic book)
9780195379082 (cloth)
019537908X (alkaline paper)
1282057227
9781282057227
Standard No. 9786612057229