The Evolution of Modern Medicine (Kaplan Classics of Medicine) - Softcover

Osler, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607140535 ISBN 13: 9781607140535

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

The Evolution of Modern Medicine consists of a series of historic lectures delivered by William Osler at Yale University in 1913. In these lectures, of which exists only one in-print edition, the renowned physician and medical historian Osler chronicles the history of medical science from its most ancient origins to the rise of modern medicine, in which he played an important role.

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William Osler (1849–1919) was a renowned physician and medical historian and is regarded as the most brilliant and influential teacher of medicine in his day. He was professor at McGill, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, and Oxford. His many medical observations include those on blood platelets and on the abnormally high red blood cell count in polycythemia. He wrote The Principles and Practice of Medicine (1892), one of the most prestigious medical textbooks in modern times, often revised, and A Concise History of Medicine (1919). Walt Whitman was one of his most famous patients.

Conrad Fischer, MD, is Director of Educational Development for the Department of Medicine at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York City. Jamaica Hospital is a robust window on the world of medicine. Dr. Fischer is also Chairman of Medicine for Kaplan Medical, teaching USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3, Internal Medicine Board Review and Attending Recertification, and USMLE Step 1 Physiology. Dr. Fischer is Associate Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607140535
• ISBN 13: 9781607140535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240