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White Coat Tales: Medicine´s Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures
Robert B. Taylor
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Description for White Coat Tales: Medicine´s Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures
Paperback. Num Pages: 357 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 79 colou. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
This new edition of White Coat Tales presents intriguing stories that give historical context to what we do in medicine today-the body's holy bone and how it got its name, a surprising reason why gout seemed to be so prevalent several centuries ago, and the therapeutic misadventure that shortened the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to many new tales, this revised edition contains 128 illustrations, such as images of Baron von Munchhausen aloft with cannonballs and Vincent van Gogh's portrait of his doctor showing a clue to the painter's health. Read about legendary medical innovators, diseases ... Read more
This new edition of White Coat Tales presents intriguing stories that give historical context to what we do in medicine today-the body's holy bone and how it got its name, a surprising reason why gout seemed to be so prevalent several centuries ago, and the therapeutic misadventure that shortened the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to many new tales, this revised edition contains 128 illustrations, such as images of Baron von Munchhausen aloft with cannonballs and Vincent van Gogh's portrait of his doctor showing a clue to the painter's health. Read about legendary medical innovators, diseases ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
536g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319290539
SKU
V9783319290539
Shipping Time
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About Robert B. Taylor
Robert B. Taylor, MD Department of Family Medicine Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Portland, OR
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