Doctors
The Biography of Medicine
$28.65
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
15 January 1995
Summary
From the author of How We Die, the extraordinary story of the development of modern medicine, told through the lives of the physician-scientists who paved the way.
How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant collection of linked life portr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679760092 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679760091 |
| Author: | Sherwin B. Nuland |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 January 1995 |
| Weight: | 479g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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“An erudite history of medicine…a welcome addition to any medical collection.” – Booklist “Eloquent, informed, deeply committed.” – Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition.
“An erudite history of medicine…a welcome addition to any medical collection.” – Booklist
“Eloquent, informed, deeply committed.” – Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Sherwin B. Nuland
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University and the author of numerous books, including How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter, which won the National Book Award, Lost in America: A Journey with My Father, Maimonides, and Leonardo da Vinci. In addition to his numerous articles for medical publications, he wrote for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New Republic, Time, and The New York Review of Books. Dr. Nuland died in 2014.
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