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Eugene Braunwald and the Rise of Modern Medicine / Thomas H. Lee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (397 p.) : 16 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 1 tableContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674724976
  • 9780674726567
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.1/20092
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Window -- 1. Flight from Europe, 1929-1939 -- 2. An American Education, 1939-1948 -- 3. Medical Education and Training, 1948-1952 -- 4. Internship and Research at Mount Sinai and Bellevue, 1952-1955 -- 5. Clinical Associate at the NIH, 1955-1957 -- 6. Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1958 -- 7. The "Golden Years" at the NIH, 1958-1968 -- 8. Building a Medical School in San Diego, 1968-1972 -- 9. Rebuilding the Brigham, 1972-1980 -- 10. Growth and Integration, 1980-1996 -- 11. Research in Evolution -- 12. Textbooks and Education in Evolution -- 13. The Still Years -- Appendix: Impact on the Field -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. Thomas H. Lee tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Window -- 1. Flight from Europe, 1929-1939 -- 2. An American Education, 1939-1948 -- 3. Medical Education and Training, 1948-1952 -- 4. Internship and Research at Mount Sinai and Bellevue, 1952-1955 -- 5. Clinical Associate at the NIH, 1955-1957 -- 6. Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1957-1958 -- 7. The "Golden Years" at the NIH, 1958-1968 -- 8. Building a Medical School in San Diego, 1968-1972 -- 9. Rebuilding the Brigham, 1972-1980 -- 10. Growth and Integration, 1980-1996 -- 11. Research in Evolution -- 12. Textbooks and Education in Evolution -- 13. The Still Years -- Appendix: Impact on the Field -- Notes -- Index

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Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. Thomas H. Lee tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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