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Something in the Ether A Bicentennial History of Massachusetts General Hospital, 1811-2011

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ISBN-10: 0983098808

ISBN-13: 9780983098805

Edition: 2011

Authors: Martha Bull

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This sweeping narrative history, drawn from archival resources and over 100 personal interviews, traces the development of Massachusetts General Hospital from a hospital with only two doctors and a handful of patients to its present position as the largest civilian employer in Boston, one of the most prestigious hospitals in the world, and the largest hospital-based biomedical research institution in the United States. Today, Mass General is not merely a "quaternary care" mecca, for the treatment of patients with the rarest conditions; it is also a research powerhouse, where physician scientists search for everything from a cure for AIDS to the origins of life in the universe. In addition,…    
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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Applewood Books
Publication date: 4/9/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

With a long career in theater and publishing, author Webster Bull today is a writer of institutional histories. He began his publishing career by founding Memoirs Unlimited in 1988, helping elderly people write and privately publish their life stories. In 1998, he and his wife Katie Bull founded Commonwealth Editions, a publisher of nonfiction books about Boston, Cape Cod, and other New England destinations. Meanwhile, Webster focused on writing projects for families and larger organizations. The Mass General history, begun in 2007, is the most ambitious in this line of writing projects. In 2010, Webster and Katie Bull sold Commonwealth Editions to Applewood Books of Carlisle,…    

Foreword
Author's Note
Prologue: Emergency
A Gentlemen's Agreement, 1811-1845
The Family Warren
Beyond the Almshouse
The Asylum Opens
Slow Start for the General Hospital
Warren's and Jackson's Legacies
Surgery Emerges from the Dark Ages, 1846-1900
Anesthesia since Ether Day
The Controversial Dr. Bigelow
Medical Education in the Nineteenth Century
First Service in Wartime
Training Nurses
The �Cult� of Asepsis
Orthopaedics from Early Specialty to Multiple Subspecialties
A Growing Campus
McLean Moves to Belmont
Pathology from Microscope to Molecules
Dr. Bigelow Retires
Medicine Enters the Modern Era, 1901-1930
Boston in 1900
Radiology from X-ray to fMRI
Reorganizing the Staff
Phillips House and Baker Memorial
Richard C. Cabot
A Wind from the West
Cardiology from Paul Dudley White
Endocrinology and the Story of Ward 4
Means Carries the Torch
World War I
Depression and War, 1930-1945
When Surgeons Were Kingpins
Psychiatry in a General Hospital
Reorganizing and Rebuilding
The Sixth General Hospital
Volunteerism before, during, and after the War
Burns from Cocoanut Grove to SBI Boston
Research Begins Liftoff
A Postwar Surge, 1946-1960
Money Troubles
Always the Trustees
Research Funding
Pediatrics from Burnham Memorial to MGHfC
A Leader Ahead of His Time
The Human Face of the Outpatient Department
Walter Bauer and the Rise of the Physician-Scientist
Infectious Diseases from Syphilis to HIV/AIDS
Dermatology from Syphilology to Molecularly Targeted Therapies
Much Ado about Surgery, 1961-1981
A New Generation of Leadership
The Gray Building
Expanding the Definition of Community
A New Chief for Surgery
Meanwhile in Medicine
A Heart Surgeon Takes Over
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Urology since Hugh Cabot
Knowles Moves On
Sanders Takes the Helm
Transplantation Becomes a Reality
A Game-Changing Deal with Industry
Sanders Moves On
Quantum Leaps, 1982-1994
Emerging Leadership in Neurology
Buchanan the Builder
Philanthropy Turns Professional
The Campaign against Cancer
Recognizing a Need for Change
Competitors Become Partners
At Last, a Complete OB/GYN Service
Neurosurgery from Trepanning to Intraoperative Imaging
A Hospital for the Whole World, 1994-2011
Sam Thier, One of Our Own
Diversity, Women, and the Proton Beam
Triple Transition
From Nursing to Patient Care Services
Molecular Biology in a General Hospital
New Approaches to Research
Today's Leaders
A New Definition of Community
Afterword: Where Now from Here?
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
General Index