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    Still More Meanderings in Medical History: The Third of a Trilogy of Meanderings in Medical History.
    Still More Meanderings in Medical History: The Third of a Trilogy of Meanderings in Medical History.
    Still More Meanderings in Medical History: The Third of a Trilogy of Meanderings in Medical History.
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    Still More Meanderings in Medical History: The Third of a Trilogy of Meanderings in Medical History.

    By Michael Nevins

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    As with the previous two books in this trilogy of meanderings, the current collection contains essays about medical practice and the lives of various physicians at different times and places.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 7, 2013
    ISBN9781491712948
    Still More Meanderings in Medical History: The Third of a Trilogy of Meanderings in Medical History.
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    Michael Nevins

    Dr. Michael Nevins practiced internal medicine and cardiology in northern New Jersey for nearly four decades and frequently lectures and writes on subjects related to medical history, bioethics and geriatrics. His recent books have included Jewish Medicine: What It Is and Why It Matters (2006), A Tale of Two “Villages”: Vineland and Skillman, NJ (2009), Abraham Flexner: A Flawed American Icon (2010) and Meanderings in New Jersey’s Medical History (2011). Dr. Nevins currently is president of the Medical History Society of New Jersey and in 2010 received that organization’s David L. Cowen Award in recognition of his career activities in the field of medical history.

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