Bellevue
[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, [2016]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 12 audio discs (approximately 14 1/2 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
David Oshinsky chronicles the history of America's oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution. From its origins in 1738 as an almshouse and pesthouse, Bellevue today is a revered public hospital bringing first-class care to anyone in need. With its diverse, ailing, and unprotesting patient population, the hospital was a natural laboratory for the nation's first clinical research. It treated tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers, launched the first civilian ambulance corps and the first nursing school for women, pioneered medical photography and psychiatric treatment, and spurred New York City to establish the country's first official Board of Health.
ISBN:
9780735285200
UPC: 9780735285200
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD HEALTH Osh | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
Title from disc label.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by Fred Sanders.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by Fred Sanders.