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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. THE WARREN FAMILY ix
5. I. TWO DISCOVERIES AWAKEN AN ANCIENT ART 1
6. II. AN OLD, NEW ENGLAND SURGEON 5
7. III. NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON AND ITS SURGERY 19
8. IV. A MEDICAL CADET IN WARTIME PHILADELPHIA 46
9. V. WOUND SURGERY ON THE PAMUNKEY RIVER 56
10. VI. THE OLD NORTH GROVE STREET MEDICAL COLLEGE 62
11. VII. HOUSE PUPIL AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 72
12. VIII. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN LONDON 86
13. IX. DRESDEN AND THE SIX WEEKS’ WAR 90
14. Χ. VIENNA IN ITS MEDICAL HEYDAY 93
15. XI. THE THREE MASTERS OF BERLIN 112
16. XII. RUMORS OF CARBOLIC ACID HEARD IN PARIS 119
17. XIII. PROPHETS OF A NEW ERA 129
18. XIV. I TALKED WITH LISTER 135
19. XV. PRACTICE ON PARK STREET 140
20. XVI. THE OLD GUARD IN CONTROL 145
21. XVII. A TRICKLE OF NEW IDEAS 156
22. XVIII. THE ANEURISM OF WILLIAM YOUNG, MECHANIC 163
23. XIX. A MEW GENERATION AT THE OLD HOSPITAL 167
24. XX. A NEW GENERATION AT HARVARD 174
25. XXI. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL MOVES TO BOYLSTON STREET 181
26. XXII. A TRANSITION PERIOD 193
27. XXIII. THE GREAT UNDERTAKING ON LONGWOOD AVENUE 203
28. APPENDICES
29. APPENDIX I. BIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT 221
30. APPENDIX II. THE START ON THE CANCER PROBLEM 229
31. APPENDIX III. TWO CYCLES OF MEDICINE AT HARVARD: 1846-1906, 1906- 236
32. SOURCES 272
33. INDEX 275