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Author Laureno, Robert.

Title Raymond Adams : a life of mind and muscle / Robert Laureno
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages, 51 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents The phenomenon of Raymond D. Adams -- Education and professional endeavors -- Investigations and ideas -- Family, retirement, and old age -- Major original contributions -- Major books of Raymond D. Adams -- Accomplishment and legacy of Raymond Adams -- Epilogue -- Appendices
Summary Raymond Adams: A Life of Mind and Muscle is a contribution to the history of neurology and the history of American medicine. Adams, one of the greats of neurology, advanced the fields of neurology, neuropathology, internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, and psychology. Drawing on 50 interviews with Raymond D. Adams and on interviews with 50 other professionals and family members, this book documents his contributions to knowledge, his expansion of the realm of neurology, and his vast impact as an educator and author. Following an introductory chapter, "The Phenomenon of Raymond Adams, &
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Adams, Raymond D. (Raymond Delacy), 1911-2008.
SUBJECT Adams, Raymond D. (Raymond Delacy), 1911-2008 fast
Subject Neurologists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography
Medicine -- History.
1900s
History of Medicine
Neurology -- history
Physicians -- history
history of medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL -- Neurology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
Medicine
Neurologists
Massachusetts -- Boston
Genre/Form interviews.
Interviews
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Interviews.
Biographies.
Interviews.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199702459
0199702454
9780195379082
019537908X
1282057227
9781282057227