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9781585443338

The Birth Of The Texas Medical Center

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  • ISBN13:

    9781585443338

  • ISBN10:

    1585443336

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-12-01
  • Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Summary

An eyewitness account of the founding of the Texas Medical Center.

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
FOREWORD, BY RICHARD E. WAINERDI xi
EDITORS PREFACE xv
INTRODUCTION 3(18)
CHAPTER 1 The Long Road to Houston 21(16)
CHAPTER 2 Texas Dentistry, Public Health, and the Texas Dental College 37(24)
CHAPTER 3 Politics, Public Health, and the Origins of the Texas Medical Center 61(28)
CHAPTER 4 Building a Medical Center: The First Institutions, 1946-48 89(20)
CHAPTER 5 Working Together: Public Funds and Private Philanthropy 109(16)
CHAPTER 6 A New Era: Executive Director of the Texas Medical Center 125(28)
CHAPTER 7 Making History: The Growth of the Texas Medical Center, 1956-59 153(26)
CHAPTER 8 Expansion, Innovation, and Retirement, 1960-63 179(20)
EPILOGUE 199(10)
NOTES 209(12)
A NOTE ON SOURCES 221(2)
INDEX 223

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