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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
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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
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