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  • Enduring Legacy

    The M. D. Anderson Foundation and the Texas Medical Center

    de William Henry Kellar ...
    At the heart of Houston stands the Texas Medical Center. This dense complex of educational, clinical, and hospital facilities offers state-of-the-art patient care, basic science, and applied research in more than fifty medicine-related institutions. Three medical schools, four schools of nursing, and schools of dentistry, public health, and pharmacology occupy the thousand-acre campus.But none of ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Richard E. Wainerdi and the Texas Medical Center

    de William Henry Kellar, Barbara Bush ...
    Series Libro 25 - Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History
    In 2012, Richard E. Wainerdi retired as president and chief executive officer of the Texas Medical Center after almost three decades at the helm. During his tenure, Wainerdi oversaw the expansion of the center into the world’s largest medical complex, hosting more than fifty separate institutions. “I wasn’t playing any of the instruments, but it’s been a privilege being the conductor,” he once ... Leer más

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  • John P. McGovern, MD

    A Lifetime of Stories

    de Bryant Boutwell ...
    John P. McGovern held seventeen professorships, received twenty-nine honorary doctorates, and established the nation’s largest privately owned allergy and immunology clinic. He authored 252 professional publications including twenty-six books in the medical sciences and humanities, and served as president or chief elected officer of fifteen professional societies in medicine. In addition, the ... Leer más

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  • Empire of the Summer Moon

    Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

    de S. C. Gwynne ...
    *Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award**A New York Times Notable Book**Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revela... ... Leer más

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  • The Drug Hunters

    The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines

    de Donald R. Kirsch, Ogi Ogas ...
    The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter.The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity- by chewing, brewing, and snorting-some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the five ... Leer más

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  • On the Border with Crook General George Crook, the American Indian Wars and Life on the American Frontier

    de John Gregory Bourke ...
    Series series The World At War
    "Among the ten best Western books of all time. It has that rare combination, a personal reminiscence covering important events, and a thoroughly scholarly and reliable treatment." — Westerners Brand Book. For fifteen years John G. Bourke served under General George Crook as they fought side by side on the frontiers of the United States from Mexico to the Canadian border. Crook and his troops ... Leer más

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  • Permanent Present Tense

    The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.

    de Suzanne Corkin ...
    In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental "psychosurgical" procedure -- a targeted lobotomy -- in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected -- when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment.But Henry's tragedy would prove a gift to humanity. As renowned neuroscientist ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Vaccine Nation

    America's Changing Relationship with Immunization

    de Elena Conis ...
    "A strikingly honest, fair-minded, and informed chronicle of the vaccine controversy in the United States."— Age of AutismBy setting the complex story of American vaccination within the country's broader history, Vaccine Nation goes beyond the simple story of the triumph of science over disease and provides a new and perceptive account of the role of politics and social forces in medicine.Vaccine ... Leer más

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  • One Doctor

    Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine

    de Brendan Reilly, M.D. ...
    Told by a unique voice in American medicine, this epic story recounts life-changing experiences in the career of a distinguished physician, and is described by The New York Times as “a true service [to history]. Dr. Reilly deserves a resounding bravo for telling it like it is.” Malcolm Gladwell agrees: “Brendan Reilly has written a beautiful book about a forgotten subject—what it means for a ... Leer más

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  • Historic Tales from the Texas Republic

    A Glimpse of Texas Past

    de Jeffery Robenalt ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    Though the Republic of Texas existed as a sovereign nation for just nine years, the legacy lives on in the names that distinguish the landscape of the Lone Star State. Austin, Houston, Travis, Lamar, Seguin, Burnet, Bowie, Zavala, Crockett--these historical giants, often at odds, fought through their differences to achieve freedom from Mexico and Santa Anna, establishing a republic fit to be the ... Leer más

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  • The Doctors' Plague

    Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis

    de Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. ...
    Series series Great Discoveries
    The "riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) story of the discovery that handwashing helps prevent the spread of disease.Surgeon, scholar, best-selling author, Sherwin B. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical experience. Ignác Semmelweis is ... Leer más

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  • Sanatoriums of New Mexico

    de Richard Melzer ...
    Series series Images of America
    Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, the White Plague, or simply TB, was the number-one killer in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many physicians of the era advised their patients to chase the cure for tuberculosis in the Southwest, where the region�s clean, dry, fresh air, high altitude, and sunshine offered relief for most and recovery for some. New Mexico, ... Leer más

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