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Looks at the ways American hospitals have changed since the nineteenth century, and discusses medical education, and hospital administration
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"An elegantly written book that broadens the history of hospitals and places it squarely within the larger field of American social history."
(Virginia G. Drachman American Historical Review)About the Author
Charles E. Rosenberg is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences and a professor of the history of science at Harvard University. He is the author of The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866; The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System; and No Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought.
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