Surgeons at Georgetown: Surgery and Medical Education in the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barry, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Hillsboro Press, Providence House Publishers is pleased to announce the Immediate release of "Surgeons at Georgetown: Surgery and Medical Education in the Nation's Capital -- ." ong>Thisong> history of Georgetown University ong>Schoolong> of Medicine traces 150 ong>yearong>s of revolutions in medical and surgical practice, education, and science. Today, one of the nation's most respected institutions, the medical ong>schoolong> began in four candlelit rooms with seven professors, a handful of students, a curriculum only four months long, and virtually no clinical instruction. Covering bloodletting to grave-robbing to the birth of the modern high-tech era, ong>thisong> history focuses on remarkable individuals, especially the surgeons among them, who overcame successive obstacles and dramas to drive Georgetown forward. Patricia Barry is a native of Great Britain now living in the United States. In a long career in journalism, she has authored ong>twoong> previous books and worked as a reporter, columnist, and editor on British newspapers, including seven ong>yearong>s as an investigative reporter and feature writer for the London Sunday Times. Although she majored in history at Durham University, England, ong>thisong> is her first historical title. She moved with her husband and three children to Maryland in , and now works as a senior editor and writer specializing in healthcare for the AARP's newspaper in Washington, D.C.