Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women


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Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.







A History of Public Health


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For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading.




Catalogue No. 11


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Understanding Media


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When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.