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Social Transformation of American Medicine The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

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ISBN-10: 0465079350

ISBN-13: 9780465079353

Edition: 1982

Authors: Paul Starr

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 6/5/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Timeline
Introduction: Ghosts in Ruins
The Cloak of Immortality
Death and Dying in Babylon
Stealing the Body and the Memphis Tomb
Who Moved Alexander's Corpse?
The Alexandrian Mausoleum
Ancient Visitors
The Tomb Disappears
The Two-Horned Lord and Medieval Whispers
Napoleon, Nelson, and Alexander's Ghost
Archaeologists, Maps, and Tombs
Alabaster, Fantasy, and Ancient Walls
Politics of the Dead
The Eternal Quest
Afterlife
Dramatis Personae
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index