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The Dean and the Historian
Daniel M. AlbertSarah L. Atzen
其他書名
Their Lives and Times Through Letters
出版Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
主題Education / General
ISBN09904487039780990448709
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dUeLrgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋William S. Middleton, a graduate of the Univ. of PA School of Med., taught thousands of students during his 63 years at the Univ. of Wisconsin (UW) School of Med. One of his most important decisions was to establish a medical history dep't. and appoint as its first chair, Erwin Ackerknecht, the pioneering medical historian. The correspondence between the dean and the historian began in 1947 and continued until 1974. Both men fought for causes they believed in: Middleton for improved veterans' healthcare, better training of physicians, and the establishment of medical libraries; and Ackernecht for a social view of medicine and rejection of fascism in education. The letters show how these two outstanding men viewed the world and viewed themselves, as they discuss their daily lives and concerns, and above all, their friendship. Illus.