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To Work in the Vineyard of Surgery

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

Ed. by Churchill, Edward D.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Publication Date:
April 2014
Copyright year:
1958
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978-0-674-43732-6
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Frontmatter

Pages i-iv

PREFACE

Pages v-VI

CONTENTS

Pages vii-VIII

THE WARREN FAMILY

Pages ix-XII

I. TWO DISCOVERIES AWAKEN AN ANCIENT ART

Pages 1-4

II. AN OLD, NEW ENGLAND SURGEON

Pages 5-18

III. NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON AND ITS SURGERY

Pages 19-45

IV. A MEDICAL CADET IN WARTIME PHILADELPHIA

Pages 46-55

V. WOUND SURGERY ON THE PAMUNKEY RIVER

Pages 56-61

VI. THE OLD NORTH GROVE STREET MEDICAL COLLEGE

Pages 62-71

VII. HOUSE PUPIL AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Pages 72-85

VIII. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN LONDON

Pages 86-89

IX. DRESDEN AND THE SIX WEEKS’ WAR

Pages 90-92

Χ. VIENNA IN ITS MEDICAL HEYDAY

Pages 93-111

XI. THE THREE MASTERS OF BERLIN

Pages 112-118

XII. RUMORS OF CARBOLIC ACID HEARD IN PARIS

Pages 119-128

XIII. PROPHETS OF A NEW ERA

Pages 129-134

XIV. I TALKED WITH LISTER

Pages 135-139

XV. PRACTICE ON PARK STREET

Pages 140-144

XVI. THE OLD GUARD IN CONTROL

Pages 145-155

XVII. A TRICKLE OF NEW IDEAS

Pages 156-162

XVIII. THE ANEURISM OF WILLIAM YOUNG, MECHANIC

Pages 163-166

XIX. A MEW GENERATION AT THE OLD HOSPITAL

Pages 167-173

XX. A NEW GENERATION AT HARVARD

Pages 174-180

XXI. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL MOVES TO BOYLSTON STREET

Pages 181-192

XXII. A TRANSITION PERIOD

Pages 193-202

XXIII. THE GREAT UNDERTAKING ON LONGWOOD AVENUE

Pages 203-218

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I. BIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT

Pages 221-228

APPENDIX II. THE START ON THE CANCER PROBLEM

Pages 229-235

APPENDIX III. TWO CYCLES OF MEDICINE AT HARVARD: 1846-1906, 1906-

Pages 236-271

SOURCES

Pages 272-274

INDEX

Pages 275-292

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