11. The Curious Career of Internal Medicine: Functional Ambivalence, Social Success

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Acknowledgments XIII
5. List of Figures XV
6. List of Tables XVII
7. PART I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
8. 1. Grand Rounds: An Introduction to the History of Internal Medicine 3
9. 2. The Inner History of Internal Medicine 15
10. 3. The Literature of Internal Medicine 55
11. PART II. THE SUBSPECIALTIES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE: CASE STUDIES
12. 4. History of the Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases in the United States 87
13. 5. One Hundred Years of American Gastroenterology 117
14. 6. A Century of American Rheumatology 159
15. 7. Nephrology in America from Thomas Addis to the Artificial Kidney 211
16. 8. Hearts and Minds: The Invention and Transformation of American Cardiology 243
17. PART III. HISTORICAL PROBLEMS IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
18. 9. Classifications in Medicine 279
19. 10. Notes from the Underground: The Social Organization of Therapeutic Research 297
20. PART IV. A CONCLUDING VIEW
21. 11. The Curious Career of Internal Medicine: Functional Ambivalence, Social Success 339
22. Contributors 365
23. Index 369