1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452156103321

Autore

Lerner Barron H

Titolo

When illness goes public [[electronic resource] ] : celebrity patients and how we look at medicine / / Barron H. Lerner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8955-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

610.92/2

Soggetti

Celebrities - Diseases

Celebrities

Medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The first modern patient : the public death of Lou Gehrig -- Crazy or just high-strung? : Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? : Barney Clark and the technological imperative -- "You murdered my daughter" : Libby Zion and the reform of medical education -- Patient activism goes Hollywood : how America fought AIDS -- The last angry man and woman : Lorenzo Odone's parents fight the medical establishment.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457894403321

Autore

Wittenberg Eric J. <1961->

Titolo

The battle of Monroe's Crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : and the Civil War's final campaign / / Eric J. Wittenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Savas Beatie, c2006

ISBN

1-283-25908-7

9786613259080

1-61121-015-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/38

Soggetti

Monroe's Crossroads, Battle of, N.C., 1865

Electronic books.

North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Maps""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Hugh Judson Kilpatrick and his Federal Dragoons""; ""Wade Hampton and his Confederate Cavaliers""; ""A Sure Sign of Things to Come""; ""Groping in the Dark""; ""“We Fell upon the Camp like a Small Avalanche�""; ""“One of the Most Terrific Hand-to-Hand Encounters I Ever Witnessed�""; ""The Aftermath""; ""A Critical Assessment""; ""Epilogue""; ""Order of Battle""; ""Identified Casualties at Monroe�s Crossroads""; ""Who was Judson Kilpatrick�s Female Companion in March 1865?""

""What was Joseph Wheeler�s Rank in March 1865?""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""INDEX""