Exploring American Healthcare Through 50 Historic Treasures

This full-color book tells the story of American healthcare history through color photographs of real objects from museums and both famous and little-known medical discoveries.

About the author

Tegan Kehoe is a public historian who specializes in the history of healthcare and science. She is the exhibit and education specialist at the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and received her MA in history and museum studies from Tufts University.

Summary

This full-color book tells the story of American healthcare history through color photographs of real objects from museums and both famous and little-known medical discoveries.

Product details

• Authors: Tegan Kehoe
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781538135464
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3546-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: AASLH Exploring America's Historic Treasures; Aaslh Exploring America's Hist
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; USA, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / United States / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, History of Medicine, Management & management techniques, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Museology & heritage studies