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Author Baird, Nancy Disher.

Title David Wendel Yandell : physician of old Louisville / Nancy Disher Baird
Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1978

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Description 1 online resource (x, 115, [1] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
Series Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf
Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Louisville Medical Institute; 2 The Damned Unpromising Specimen -- 3 Medical Director; 4 Professor of Surgery; 5 Editor and Medical Politician; Postscript; Notes; A Note to Readers
Summary David Wendel Yandell was the most distinguished physician of a family noted for its contributions to the medical profession over a period of generations. Like his father before him, Yandell taught for many years at the Medical Department of the University of Louisville. His years as a Confederate surgeon impressed upon him the horrifying consequences of the inadequate preparation of most physicians. Concerned especially about the need for practical training, Yandell waged a twenty-year campaign to expand clinic facilities and introduce intern programs at his own school and across the nation. H
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116)
Notes Print version record
Subject Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898.
Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898
University of Louisville. School of Medicine -- History
University of Louisville. School of Medicine
Physicians -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Physicians
Louisville (Ky.) -- Biography
Kentucky -- Louisville
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813150284
0813150280