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Biographies featuring the pioneers of American medicine. The author combines curious medical lore with little-known facts of early American history. Among those included are Morgan, founder of the first medical school in America, and McDowell who prepared the way for abdominal surgery.

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“A soundly and eloquently written story of the rambunctious early men who gave medicine in this country its first stature before the world.” * —The New York Times *

Doctors on Horseback

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    A Paperback / softback by James T. Flexner

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1993
      ISBN13: 9780823213795, 978-0823213795
      ISBN10: 082321379X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Biographies featuring the pioneers of American medicine. The author combines curious medical lore with little-known facts of early American history. Among those included are Morgan, founder of the first medical school in America, and McDowell who prepared the way for abdominal surgery.

      Trade Review
      “A soundly and eloquently written story of the rambunctious early men who gave medicine in this country its first stature before the world.” * —The New York Times *

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