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- Hardcover
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
AbeBooks seller since August 14, 1998
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xiii, [1], 418 pages. Illustrations. Index. Some pages have darkened. Ink notation from previous owner on fep. Morris Fishbein (July 22, 1889 September 27, 1976) was an American physician and editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950. He studied at Rush Medical College. Fishbein served for 18 months as a resident physician at the Durand Hospital for Infectious Diseases. He joined George H. Simmons, editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), as an assistant and advanced to the editorship in 1924, a position he maintained until 1950. He was on the cover of Time on June 21, 1937. In 1961 he became the founding Editor of Medical World News, a magazine for doctors. In 1970 he endowed the Morris Fishbein Center for the study of the history of science and medicine at the University of Chicago. Covering every phase of medical warfare, DOCTORS AT WAR tells, for the first time, the magnificent and inspirational story of American doctors in action in World War II. sixteen leading authorities [physicians and surgeons -- mostly generals, admirals and colonels]. give stirring accounts of what each branch has accomplished. Doctors at War is a significant 1945 book documenting American doctors' crucial roles in World War II, covering medical efforts in the US and abroad, featuring contributions from leading physicians, and serving as a comprehensive historical record of wartime medicine. It has been praised for its scope, detail, and insights into military medicine, covering everything from battlefield care to home front efforts. Distinguished physicians from various fields contributed to this collective documentation which is considered a valuable historical document, it captures the breadth of wartime medical challenges and achievements. Among the contributors are Leonard Rowntree; Harold Diehl, Major General George Lull, Army Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk, Brigadier General James Stevens Simmons, Brigadier General Fred w. Rankin, Major General Paul R. Hawley; Navy Surgeon General Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Captain French R. Moore, Public Health Service Surgeon General Thomas Parran, Major General David N. W. Grant, Charles Griffith, Canby Robinson, and George Darling. Among the topics covered include Fitness for Duty, Selective Service, Preventive Medicine, D-Day Medical Preparations, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Military Medicine, Public Health, Convalescence, Rehabilitation, Veteran medical services, American Red Cross, and Wartime Medical Research. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Doctors at War
- Author
- Fishbein, Morris (Editor)
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York
- Publication year
- 1945
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- European Theater, Military Medicine, Selective Service, U.S. Army, WWII
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