
A Scientific Revolution
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Dr. Hruban has received numerous awards including the Frank H. Netter Award for Special Contributions to Medical Education and the 2013 Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2013 he was elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Dr. Hruban has also received five teaching awards from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Hruban has written more than 800 scientific papers and eight books. He produced an award-winning documentary on the life of the surgeon William Stewart Halsted
Will Linder is a Chicago-based writer and editor. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, where he majored in history. In addition, he holds master's degrees in business administration and liberal arts from the University of Chicago. Will has had a long career in business, academic, and journalistic writing. He serves on the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Council and the Krieger School's Humanities Advisory Council. Will is also a huge Blue Jays lacrosse fan.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: A Revolution in American Medicine
- Chapter 1: Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Equity and Excellence
- Chapter 2: John Shaw Billings: Building Medicine for a New Century
- Chapter 3: William Henry Welch: Medicine through the Lens of Science
- Chapter 4: William Osler: Philosophy of Being a Physician and Patient-Centered Teaching
- Chapter 5: William Stewart Halsted: Victory Wrought from Defeat
- Chapter 6: Jesse William Lazear: The Ultimate Sacrifice
- Chapter 7: Max Brödel: Art Applied to Medicine
- Chapter 8: Dorothy Reed Mendenhall: Hardship and Discrimination
- Chapter 9: Helen Taussig: The Founder of Pediatric Cardiology
- Chapter 10: Vivien Thomas: Something the Lord Made
- Epilogue
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Figure Credits
- Copyright
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