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Cover Page: i Title Page Page: iii Copyright Page: iv Dedication Page: v Preface To The Series Page: vii The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series Page: ix Contents Page: xi CHAPTER 1 | AMITY STREET Page: 1 CHAPTER 2 | HOUSE CALLS Page: 11 CHAPTER 3 | 1911 MEDICINE Page: 19 CHAPTER 4 | 1933 MEDICINE Page: 25 CHAPTER 5 | 1937 INTERNSHIP Page: 35 CHAPTER 6 | LEECH LEECH, ET CETERA Page: 49 CHAPTER 7 | NURSES Page: 59 CHAPTER 8 | NEUROLOGY Page: 67 CHAPTER 9 | GUAM AND OKINAWA Page: 89 CHAPTER 10 | ITINERARY Page: 103 CHAPTER 11 | NYU PATHOLOGY Page: 107 CHAPTER 12 | NYU BELLEVUE MEDICINE Page: 117 CHAPTER 13 | THE BOARD OF HEALTH Page: 129 CHAPTER 14 | ENDOTOXIN Page: 141 CHAPTER 15 | CAMBRIDGE Page: 151 CHAPTER 16 | THE GOVERNANCE OF A UNIVERSITY Page: 157 CHAPTER 17 | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND MYCOPLASMAS Page: 169 CHAPTER 18 | MSKCC: THE MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER Page: 183 CHAPTER 19 | OLFACTION AND THE TRACKING MOUSE Page: 195 CHAPTER 20 | ILLNESS Page: 205 CHAPTER 21 | SCABIES, SCRAPIE Page: 217 CHAPTER 22 | ESSAYS AND GAIA Page: 223 Appendix Page: 233

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From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science. The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life in the medical profession and an inquiry into what medicine is all about--the youngest science, but one rich in possibility and promise. He chronicles his training in Boston and New York, his war career in the South Pacific, his most impassioned research projects, his work as an administrator in hospitals and medical schools, and even his experiences as a patient. Along the way, Thomas explores the complex relationships between research and practice, between words and meanings, between human error and human accomplishment, More than a magnificent autobiography, The Youngest Science is also a celebration and a warning--about the nature of medicine and about the future life of our planet.

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Cover Page: i Title Page Page: iii Copyright Page: iv Dedication Page: v Preface To The Series Page: vii The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series Page: ix Contents Page: xi CHAPTER 1 | AMITY STREET Page: 1 CHAPTER 2 | HOUSE CALLS Page: 11 CHAPTER 3 | 1911 MEDICINE Page: 19 CHAPTER 4 | 1933 MEDICINE Page: 25 CHAPTER 5 | 1937 INTERNSHIP Page: 35 CHAPTER 6 | LEECH LEECH, ET CETERA Page: 49 CHAPTER 7 | NURSES Page: 59 CHAPTER 8 | NEUROLOGY Page: 67 CHAPTER 9 | GUAM AND OKINAWA Page: 89 CHAPTER 10 | ITINERARY Page: 103 CHAPTER 11 | NYU PATHOLOGY Page: 107 CHAPTER 12 | NYU BELLEVUE MEDICINE Page: 117 CHAPTER 13 | THE BOARD OF HEALTH Page: 129 CHAPTER 14 | ENDOTOXIN Page: 141 CHAPTER 15 | CAMBRIDGE Page: 151 CHAPTER 16 | THE GOVERNANCE OF A UNIVERSITY Page: 157 CHAPTER 17 | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND MYCOPLASMAS Page: 169 CHAPTER 18 | MSKCC: THE MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER Page: 183 CHAPTER 19 | OLFACTION AND THE TRACKING MOUSE Page: 195 CHAPTER 20 | ILLNESS Page: 205 CHAPTER 21 | SCABIES, SCRAPIE Page: 217 CHAPTER 22 | ESSAYS AND GAIA Page: 223 Appendix Page: 233

Description:

From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science. The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life in the medical profession and an inquiry into what medicine is all about--the youngest science, but one rich in possibility and promise. He chronicles his training in Boston and New York, his war career in the South Pacific, his most impassioned research projects, his work as an administrator in hospitals and medical schools, and even his experiences as a patient. Along the way, Thomas explores the complex relationships between research and practice, between words and meanings, between human error and human accomplishment, More than a magnificent autobiography, The Youngest Science is also a celebration and a warning--about the nature of medicine and about the future life of our planet.

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