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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777777103321

Autore

Burrow Gerard N. <1933-2013.>

Titolo

A history of Yale's School of Medicine [[electronic resource] ] : passing torches to others / / Gerard N. Burrows

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-281-73103-X

9786611731038

0-300-13288-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

610.71/1746/8

Soggetti

Medical colleges - Connecticut - History

Medical education - Connecticut - History

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. 345-356) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Founding Years -- 3. Hard Times: The Dark Years -- 4. Flexner's Report and Blumer's Deanship -- 5. "A Steam Engine in Pants": The Boom Years -- 6. The Bubble Bursts: The Depression Years -- 7. The Medical School Goes to War -- 8. Peace and Readjustment -- 9. Expansion Years -- 10. Social Unrest -- 11. The Department of Medicine -- 12. Public Health and the Greater Good -- 13. The State Hospital -- 14. Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This fascinating book tells the story of the Yale University School of Medicine, tracing its history from its origins in 1810 (when it had four professors and 37 students) to its present status as one of the world's outstanding medical schools. Written by a former dean of the medical school, the book focuses on the important relationship of the medical school to the university, which has long operated under the precept that one should heal the body as well as the soul. Dr. Gerard Burrow recounts events surrounding the beginnings of the medical school, the very perilous times it experienced in the middle and late nineteenth century, and its revitalization, rapid growth, and evolution throughout the twentieth century. He describes the colorful individuals involved



with the school and shows how social upheavals-wars, the Depression, boom periods, social activism, and the like-affected the school. The picture he paints is that of an institution that was at times unmanageable and under-funded, that often had troubled relationships with the New Haven community and its major hospital, but that managed to triumph over these difficulties and flourish. Today Yale University School of Medicine is a center for excellence. Dr. Burrow draws on the themes recurrent in its rich past to offer suggestions about its future.