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• 1 Front Matter
• 2 1 Creating the Institute of Medicine
• 3 2 The Institute of Medicine Begins Operations
• 4 3 The Hamburg Era
• 5 4 Fred Robbins and the Sproull Report
• 6 5 Expansion of the Institute of Medicine
• 7 6 The Institute of Medicine and AIDS
• 8 7 The Institute of Medicine at Twenty Five
• 9 Index
• 10 About the Author
• 11 Photographs.
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Since its founding in 1970, the Institute of Medicine has become an internationally recognized source of independent advice and expertise on a broad spectrum of topics and issues related to the advancement of the health sciences and education and public health. Institute activities, reports, and policy statements have gained a wide audience both in the United States and throughout the world. In this first formal history of the Institute, Professor Edward D. Berkowitz describes many of the important individuals and events associated with the Institute's creation, operation, development, and accomplishments since its founding, as well as the issues and challenges the Institute has confronted over the years that have helped shape it and to which it has contributed potential solutions and responses.
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This book provides an illustrated history of medicine in Edinburgh in an accessible style for the general reader. Centered on the 280 year history of Edinburgh Medical School, the book showcases famous Edinburgh medical alumni through the ages including Robert Knox and others like Charles Darwin and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who studied medicine in Edinburgh but went on to make their names in other fields. The book follows the evolution of medical practice through the ages, from the dark practices of the 19th century to Dolly, the first cloned sheep in the 21st century. It highlights the key advances made by Edinburgh medics in public health, anesthesia, surgery, antiseptics and antibiotics. Edinburgh Medical School was the first to admit women, and we follow their struggles, headed by the formidable Sophia Jex-Blake.
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• The founding of the Medical and Chirurgical Society
• The Medical and Chirurgical Society 1805-34
• The Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society 1834-89
• Advances in medicine and surgery 1840-1900
• The society at Hanover Square 1889-1910
• The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street
• The original Sections of the Society 1907
• From anaesthetics to proctology 1908-38
• From endocrinology to sleep 1946-2000
• The Society in the twentieth century.
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The Royal Society of Medicine was descended from the Medical and Chirurgical Society, founded in 1805. Penelope Hunting provides a well-researched account of the history of the RSM from its beginnings in the early 19th century to the present day.
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