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Subtitle: on behalf of the little ones : a history of the Department of Pediatrics, Tulane Medical School, 1834-2003
By: [interviews] William W. Waring, Lennie Washington.
Contributors: Waring, William W., 1923-; Washington, Lennie.
Publisher: Upton Printing
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [New Orleans, LA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Tulane University. School of Medicine. Dept. of Pediatrics -- History.; Tulane University Medical Center -- history.; Pediatrics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.; Schools, Medical -- history -- Louisiana.; Pediatrics -- history -- Louisiana.; Physicians -- history -- Louisiana.
Other titles: Tulane Hospital for Children; History of Tulane Pediatrics; On behalf of the little ones; History of the Department of Pediatrics, Tulane Medical School
Description: Interviews provided much of the substance of the text. Interviewees listed (p. ix).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 318).
Includes color plates of Tulane's pediatric departmental chairmen: William Walton Butterworth, Lawrence Richard DeBuys, Robert Alexander Strong, Ralph Victor Platou, William W. Waring, and John E. Lewy. Also includes the annual group photographs of pediatric faculty and house officers.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Early years and the time of formation, 1834-1978; title: Before pediatric autonomy, 1834-1908; title: The "branched off" Department of Diseases of Children: tenure of Dr. William Walton Butterworth, 1908-1919; title: The developing Department of Pediatrics: tenure of Dr. Lawrence Richard DeBuys, 1919-1929; title: Further expansion and a pediatrician at war: tenure of Dr. Robert Alexander Strong, 1929-1942; title: The last of the complete pediatricians: tenure of Dr. Ralph Victor Platou, 1942-1966; title: The struggling department: acting tenures of Drs. William W. Waring (1966-1967) and Norman C. Woody, 1967-1971; title: Continued difficult years: tenure of Dr. Harry Cameron Shirkey, 1971-1976; title: By the skin of our teeth: acting tenure of Dr. Francis A. Puyau, 1976-1978.; title: Part Two. Later years and resurgence: tenure of Dr. John E. Lewy, 1978-2004; title: Reorganization and recruitment of faculty and house staff; title: Burgeoning subspecialization; title: Teaching pediatrics to students; title: The residency training program; title: Relations with Charity Hospital and Ochsner Foundation Hospital; title: The birth of Tulane University Hospital and the unique roles therein of Dr. John Walsh and Mr. Jack Avon; title: The Tulane Hospital for Children: its development and success from the ashes of pediatric regionalization; title: A glimpse into the future.; title: Addenda.; title: Recommended pediatric textbooks through the years at Tulane; title: Deans of the School of Medicine (1834-present); title: Teachers of diseases of women and children, Tulane Department of Pediatrics, Chairmen ... others, 1834-2003; title: Tulane pediatric subspecialty fellows (1960-2003); title: Annual group photographs, faculty and house staff (1946-72, 1976-2003); title: Annual group photographs, Section of Pulmonary Diseases (1969-82, 1985, 1989); title: Tulane's pediatric chief residents and their reunion in 1998; title: Teaching awards, research grants, and endowed chairs in pediatrics; title: Bibliography; title: Index: Faculty, alphabetical, years of service; title: General index.