Research Catalog

Title

Bellevue : three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital / David Oshinsky.

Author

Oshinsky, David M., 1944-

Publication

New York : Doubleday, [2016]

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Details

Description

387 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

A history of the iconic public hospital on New York City's East Side describes the changes in American medicine from 1730 to modern times as it traces the building's origins as an almshouse and pesthouse to its current status as a revered place of first-class care.

Subjects

• Bellevue Hospital
• Hospital care > New York (State) > New York > History
• New York (N.Y.)
• Hospitals > New York (State) > New York > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Beginnings -- Hosack's vision -- The great epidemic -- Teaching medicine -- A hospital in war -- "Hives of sickness and vice" -- The bellevue ambulance -- Bellevue venus -- Nightingales -- Germ theory -- A tale of two presidents -- The mad house -- The new metropolis -- Cause of death -- The shocking truth -- Survival -- Aids -- Rock bottom -- Sandy -- Rebirth.

Call Number

JFE 16-13979

ISBN

• 9780385523363
• 038552336X

LCCN

2016027568

OCLC

951830070

Author

Oshinsky, David M., 1944- author.

Title

Bellevue : three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital / David Oshinsky.

Publisher

New York : Doubleday, [2016]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Oshinsky, David M., 1944- author. Bellevue. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2016] 9780385540858 (DLC) 2016028334

Research Call Number

JFE 16-13979

JFE 17-6229