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Doctors : the history of scientific medicine revealed through biography. Cover Image DVD DVD

Doctors : the history of scientific medicine revealed through biography.

Nuland, Sherwin B., (teacher.). Teaching Company, (publisher.).

Summary:

Twelve lectures (30 min. each) that discuss the history of the development of Western scientific medicine, set against character studies of twelve of the greatest physicians since classical times.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781598030303
  • ISBN: 1598030302
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (360 min.): sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 79 pages ; 22 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"12 lectures/30 minutes per lecture, 2 DVDs"--Container
Title from disc surface.
Originally sold as a book + DVD combo. The DVDs have been separated to circulate individually by the owning library.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1 Hippocrates and the origins of Western medicine -- Paradox of Galen -- Vesalius and the Renaissance of medicine -- Harvey, discoverer of the circulation -- Morgagni and the anatomy of disease -- Hunter, the surgeon as scientist -- Disc 2 Laennec and the invention of the stethoscope -- Morton and the origins of anesthesia -- Virchow and the cellular origins of disease -- Lister and the germ theory -- Halsted and the American medical education --Taussig and the development of cardiac surgery.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restricted to home use or face to face teaching.
Participant or Performer Note:
Instructor: Sherman B. Nuland from Yale School of Medicine.
System Details Note:
DVD.

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Subject: Hippocrates.
Galen.
Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564.
Harvey, William, 1578-1657.
Morgagni, Giambattista, 1682-1771.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Laennec, R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe), 1781-1826.
Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868.
Virchow, Rudolf, 1821-1902.
Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912.
Halsted, William, 1852-1922.
Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986.
Medicine > Biography.
Medicine > History.
Genre: Lectures.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Educational films.
Biographies.

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Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Jefferson County.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Part Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jefferson County Library-Northwest DVD 610.922 DOCTORS (Text) Complete Set 30000024882585 Videos Available -

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