From International record of medicine, v. 171, no. 6-8, Jun.-Aug. 1958.
Contents:
Introduction : The spirit of American medicine / Felix Marti-Ibañez -- Guideposts in the history of American medicine / Benjamin Spector -- Medicine and medical practices among aboriginal American Indians / John Duffy -- Diseases and medical practice in colonial America / John B. Blake -- Medical education and medical schools in colonial America / William Dosite Postell -- Medicine in the era of the American Revolution / William Frederick Norwood -- The lessons of the War between the States / Courtney R. Hall -- The evolution of American medical literature / Norman Shaftel -- The evolution of medical research in the United States / Morris C. Leikind -- A brief sketch of the rise of American medical societies / W.B. McDaniel, II -- The nineteenth century American physician as a research scientist / Phyllis Allen Richmond -- Trends in American public health, from the colonial period to the present / George Rosen -- The contribution of Holland and Scotland to the evolution of medical education in America / Douglas Guthrie -- American medicine in the world today : an historical perspective and reappraisal / Ralph H. Major