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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Figure 1 viii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Healing Legacies 15
Chapter 2. Medical Networks 41
Chapter 3. Healing Borderlands 63
Chapter 4. The Authority of Science 88
Chapter 5. Medical Entrepreneurship 117
Chapter 6. Marketing Health 143
Chapter 7. The Fevered Racial Politics of Healing 166
Chapter 8. Navigating New Challenges 189
Epilogue. A Well-Trodden Path 215
Glossary 223
Abbreviations 227
Notes 229
Index 283
Acknowledgments 297

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Figure 1 viii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Healing Legacies 15
Chapter 2. Medical Networks 41
Chapter 3. Healing Borderlands 63
Chapter 4. The Authority of Science 88
Chapter 5. Medical Entrepreneurship 117
Chapter 6. Marketing Health 143
Chapter 7. The Fevered Racial Politics of Healing 166
Chapter 8. Navigating New Challenges 189
Epilogue. A Well-Trodden Path 215
Glossary 223
Abbreviations 227
Notes 229
Index 283
Acknowledgments 297

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