David Wendel Yandell : physician of old Louisville / Nancy Disher Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Nancy Disher, author.

Series:

Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.

Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--Kentucky--Louisville--Biography.

Physicians.

Louisville (Ky.)--Biography.

Louisville (Ky.).

University of Louisville. School of Medicine--History.

University of Louisville.

Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898.

Yandell, David Wendel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 115-[116]

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5028-0

OCLC:

933516007