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The Pathologist in the Basement: The Resignation
The Pathologist in the Basement: The Resignation
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1949, at the height of his career, Rustin McIntosh, the director of pediatrics at Columbia University’s Babies Hospital, submitted his letter of resignation. Dr. Scott Baird, who wrote a biography on Dorothy Andersen, takes us back to this pivotal moment, which occurred at the dawn of pediatric pathology in the United States. Through archival resources, Scott explores the institutional tensions that led to this abrupt resignation. At the eye of the storm is a character we’ve come to know well, perhaps the most important person working in pediatric pathology at the time: Dr. Dorothy Andersen.
Released:
Dec 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (74)
E1: The Question Mark: While performing an autopsy on the body of a young child, Dr. Dorothy Andersen made a startling discovery. by Lost Women of Science