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Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital

byDavid Oshinsky

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York’s iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue rests its case on scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, making room for uncertainty while explaining what the surviving evidence can establish. Bellevue also examines the assumptions surrounding its subject, connecting them to wider arguments in history and medical. The book leaves readers with a clearer understanding of the three centuries of medicine and mayhem at america’s most storied hospital and of the unresolved questions that continue beyond its final chapter.

Publisher

Anchor

Publication date

Oct 24, 2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9780307386717