McGill Medicine, Volume 1: The First Half Century, 1829-1885

by Richard Cruess, Joseph Hanaway, Richard L. Cruess

Founded by four Scottish physicians, the McGill School of Medicine opened in 1829. Teaching style in the school followed the so-called Edinburgh tradition, which for decades emphasized anatomy and clinical observation and ignored progressive educational theory and scientific advances. Out of this conservative environment, however, emerged four remarkable young professors who would lead the reform that marked a new era in medicine at McGill. William...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773513248
• ISBN13: 9780773513242
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"