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2010

Format:	Book
Author:	Rutkow, Ira, 1948-
Title:	Seeking the cure : a history of medicine in America / Ira Rutkow.
Edition:	1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Scribner, 2010.
Description:	x, 356 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	An entertaining and intelligent history of the development of medicine in America by an award-winning physician.
Subjects:	Medicine -- United States -- History. Physicians -- United States -- History. Medicine -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-345) and index.
Contents:	1. Colonial medicine -- 2. Democratizaton of healing -- 3. Emergence of modern medicine -- 4. Consolidation of power -- 5. Scientific advancement -- 6. Professional authority -- 7. Challenges of success -- 8. Ascendancy -- 9. Supremacy -- 10. Transformation.
LCCN:	2009049758
ISBN:	9781416538288 1416538283 9781416538417 1416538410
Other Number:	424555300
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Control Number:	283650
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Call Number:	610 Rutkow

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