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Bellevue three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital

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.

Main Author: Oshinsky, David M., 1944- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Hospitals > New York (State) > New York > History.
Hospital care > New York (State) > New York > History.
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.
Physical Description: 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780385523363
038552336X
Author Notes: DAVID OSHINSKY, Ph.D., is a professor in the NYU Department of History and director of the Division of Medical Humanities at the NYU School of Medicine. In 2005, he won the Pulitzer Prize in History for Polio: An American Story . His other books include the D.B. Hardeman Prize-winning A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy , and the Robert Kennedy Prize-winning "Worse Than Slavery": Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice . His articles and reviews appear regularly in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal .

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