William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine

Contributor(s): Flexner, Simon (Author), Flexner, James Thomas (Author)

ISBN: 9780801845017

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Hardcover

$54.45

Pub Date: January 1, 1993

Dewey: B

LCCN: 92013529

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 1.62" H x 9.31" L x 6.33" W ( 2.11 lbs) 568 pages

BISAC Categories:

Biography and Autobiography | Medical Incl Patients | Medical | History

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: , attended by President Hoover and broadcast around the world.

Review Quotes: A well-written biography . . . [and] a good read . . . It is basically the background of modern medicine in the United States. It explains the curriculum that physicians encountered in medical school. Most importantly, this 50-year old gem does it with style.
--Maryland Medical Journal

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