Bibliograph

Bellevue, three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital, David Oshinsky

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Bellevue, three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital, David Oshinsky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-369) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bellevue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951830070

Responsibility statement

David Oshinsky

Sub title

three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital

Table Of Contents

Beginnings -- Hosack's vision -- The great epidemic -- Teaching medicine -- A hospital in war -- "Hives of sickness and vice" -- The bellevue ambulance -- Bellevue venus -- Nightingales -- Germ theory -- A tale of two presidents -- The mad house -- The new metropolis -- Cause of death -- The shocking truth -- Survival -- Aids -- Rock bottom -- Sandy -- Rebirth

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