Preserve Your Love for Science - Life of William a Hammond, American Neurologist

Klappentext A life of one of the most successful American physicians of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung William Alexander Hammond, M. D. (1828–1900), one of the most successful American physicians of the nineteenth century. This biography shows how he developed his New York practice in neurology as a vehicle for pursuing broad scientific interests within the limits of the solo-practitioner structure of the medicine of his day. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. 'I can make any post interesting'; 3. 'The first original physiologist in the United States'; 4. 'The best friend the soldier has'; 5. 'Foggy with embarrassments'; 6. 'A New York medical man'; 7. 'A laborious and skilful observer'; 8. 'So great her science'; 9. 'Systems of cures and wonderful remedies'; 10. 'A positive mental science'; 11. 'All men are insane'; 12. 'I said that I would be back'; 13. 'Very near being a great man'; Notes; Note on sources; Bibliography of William Alexander Hammond, M. D.; Index.

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• Authors: Bonnie Ellen Blustein, Bonnie Ellen (University of Wisconsin Blustein, Blustein Bonnie Ellen, Blustein Bonnie Ellen
• Assisted by: Charles Rosenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.1991
• EAN: 9780521392624
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39262-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, History of Medicine, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology