The legacy of Tracy J. Putnam and H. Houston Merritt : modern neurology in the United States / Lewis...
The legacy of Tracy J. Putnam and H. Houston Merritt : modern neurology in the United States / Lewis...
The legacy of Tracy J. Putnam and H. Houston Merritt : modern neurology in the United States / Lewis P. Rowland.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2009, [i.e. 2008].
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N616.80092/3
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English
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p. ; cm.
Contents
Dilantin: their great achievement -- Putnam: a true Boston Brahmin -- Boston City Hospital: cradle of neurology -- Putnam Moves to New York City -- Putnam at the New York Neurological Institute -- The Jewish question -- Putnam establishes Columbia neuroscience -- Dilantin and psychiatry -- Putnam ge...
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2009, [i.e. 2008].
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New York (State)
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c2009, [i.e. 2008].
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"In the 1930s, Tracy J. Putnam and H. Houston Merritt were Harvard neurologists when they discovered Dilantin, the revolutionary anticonvulsant drug that changed the lives of many and can be considered as a breakthrough on a par with penicillin or insulin." "Putnam was a brilliant and imaginative experimentalist, but not always correct in the theor...
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The legacy of Tracy J. Putnam and H. Houston Merritt : modern neurology in the United States / Lewis P. Rowland.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009, [i.e. 2008].
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N616.80092/3
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74VMjDWeMDKb
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ISBN
0195379527 (alk. paper)
9780195379525 (alk. paper)
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616.800922
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991000991739702626
