Quinine and Quarantine - Missouri Medicine Through the Years Volume 1

Presenting an overview of medicine in Missouri from the early days of the epidemics to present-day technological advances, this work approaches the history of medicine as an integral part of the state's development. The text is organized chronologically in 50-year segments.

About the author

Loren Humphrey has published more than 160 scientific articles. He is the author of Medical Blemishes, a book of short stories, and, most recently, a historical fiction novel based on the lives of three women with cancer. Now retired, Humphrey has served as Professor and Chairman for the Department of Surgery at the University of Kansas, Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Professor and Chairman of Surgery at Oral Roberts University, and Professor of Surgery at the University of Missouri in Columbia, where he currently resides.

Summary

Presenting an overview of medicine in Missouri from the early days of the epidemics to present-day technological advances, this work approaches the history of medicine as an integral part of the state's development. The text is organized chronologically in 50-year segments.

Product details

• Authors: Loren Humphrey
• Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2000
• EAN: 9780826212696
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-1269-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 227 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: Missouri Heritage Readers; Missouri Heritage Readers Series; Missouri Heritage Readers; Missouri Heritage Readers Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous