David Wendel Yandell by Nancy Baird

David Wendel Yandell by Nancy Baird

David Wendel Yandell was the most distinguished physician of a family noted for its contributions to the medical profession over a period of generations. Like his father before him, Yandell taught for many years at the Medical Department of the University of Louisville. His years as a Confederate surgeon impressed upon him the horrifying consequences of the inadequate preparation of most physicians. Concerned especially about the need for practical training, Yandell waged a twenty-year campaign to expand clinic facilities and introduce intern programs at his own school and across the nation. He also fought for higher professional standards on a national level as president and active member of the American Medical Association and other organizations. David Wendel Yandell is an illuminating and well-rounded picture of the strengths and weaknesses of nineteenth-century medicine and of the practitioner, teacher, and leader who shaped the modern medical profession in Kentucky and the nation.

Nancy Disher Baird is a librarian and specialist in Kentucky history at the Kentucky Library (Special Collections) at Western Kentucky University.

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ISBN 13	9780813192888
ISBN 10	0813192889
Title	David Wendel Yandell
Author	Nancy Baird
Series	Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University Press of Kentucky
Year published	2009-11-10
Number of pages	134
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