To Work in the Vineyard of Surgery

Published by Harvard University Press 1958

To Work in the Vineyard of Surgery

The Reminiscences of J. Collins Warren (1842–1927)

Edited by: Edward D. Churchill

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674437326

Contents

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Accessible Download PDF	vii
THE WARREN FAMILY Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	ix
I. TWO DISCOVERIES AWAKEN AN ANCIENT ART Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
II. AN OLD, NEW ENGLAND SURGEON Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	5
III. NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON AND ITS SURGERY Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	19
IV. A MEDICAL CADET IN WARTIME PHILADELPHIA Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	46
V. WOUND SURGERY ON THE PAMUNKEY RIVER Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	56
VI. THE OLD NORTH GROVE STREET MEDICAL COLLEGE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	62
VII. HOUSE PUPIL AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	72
VIII. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN LONDON Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	86
IX. DRESDEN AND THE SIX WEEKS’ WAR Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	90
Χ. VIENNA IN ITS MEDICAL HEYDAY Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	93
XI. THE THREE MASTERS OF BERLIN Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	112
XII. RUMORS OF CARBOLIC ACID HEARD IN PARIS Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	119
XIII. PROPHETS OF A NEW ERA Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	129
XIV. I TALKED WITH LISTER Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	135
XV. PRACTICE ON PARK STREET Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	140
XVI. THE OLD GUARD IN CONTROL Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	145
XVII. A TRICKLE OF NEW IDEAS Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	156
XVIII. THE ANEURISM OF WILLIAM YOUNG, MECHANIC Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	163
XIX. A MEW GENERATION AT THE OLD HOSPITAL Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	167
XX. A NEW GENERATION AT HARVARD Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	174
XXI. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL MOVES TO BOYLSTON STREET Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	181
XXII. A TRANSITION PERIOD Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	193
XXIII. THE GREAT UNDERTAKING ON LONGWOOD AVENUE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	203
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I. BIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	221
APPENDIX II. THE START ON THE CANCER PROBLEM Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	229
APPENDIX III. TWO CYCLES OF MEDICINE AT HARVARD: 1846-1906, 1906- Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	236
SOURCES Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	272
INDEX Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	275

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1958
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 3
- Other: 3 halftones
Keywords: General Surgery; Surgeons -- Biography.; Physicians; United States

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674437326

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1958
ISBN: 9780674437333