The Old Lady on Harrison Street
Cook County Hospital, 1833-1995- Associate Editor, Louis D. Boshes
Published on 1. October 1997
Book
Hardback
X, 455 pages
978-0-8204-3461-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is the story of a great hospital, from its origin as a poorhouse to modern times. It chronicles the social problems, and political chicanery, as interns, physicians, and nurses struggle to care for the sick poor of Chicago. Since its founding, Cook County Hospital has been a center for medical education and research and has always been renowned for its work in trauma and diseases which afflict the poor and downtrodden.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16 cm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-3461-2 (9780820434612)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Editor: John G. Raffensperger was an intern, resident, and attending surgeon at Cook County Hospital from 1953 to 1970. He is Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University and a pediatric surgeon at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he has served as Division Head of Pediatric Surgery and then Surgeon-in-Chief.