Rockefeller money, the laboratory, and medicine in Edinburgh, 1919-1930
Subtitle: new science in an old country
By: Christopher Lawrence.
Series: Rochester studies in medical history
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Rockefeller Foundation -- History.; University of Edinburgh -- Faculty of Medicine -- History.; Rockefeller Foundation.; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.; University of Edinburgh. -- Faculty of Medicine.; Medicine -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 20th century.; Medical colleges -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 20th century.; Medical education -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 20th century.; Medical education -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Endowments -- History -- 20th century.; Medicine -- Research -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 20th century.; Medicine -- Research -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Endowments -- History -- 20th century.; Medical laboratories -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 20th century.; Hospitals, University -- history -- Scotland.; Schools, Medical -- history -- Scotland.; Foundations -- history -- Scotland.; History, 20th Century -- Scotland.; Laboratories, Hospital -- history -- Scotland.; Social Change -- history -- Scotland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: medical cultures; title: Medical revolutions; title: The Rockefeller Foundation and the culture of British medicine; title: The organization and ethos of Edinburgh medicine; title: Edinburgh, London, and North America; title: The departments of surgery and medicine; title: A hospital laboratory; title: A university laboratory in a hospital; title: Bench and bedside; title: Conclusion: modern times.