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A history of the medical profession of southern California

A history of the medical profession of southern California

H. Kress, George

Paperback

Medical ReferenceGeneral Reference21st Century United States History

ISBN10: 9353703182
ISBN13: 9789353703189
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Medicine shaped Southern California before it became myth. Behind the sunshine lies a hard-earned record of skill, rivalry, service, and civic ambition. In A history of the medical profession of southern California, George H. Kress traces the making of a region through its healers: the early physicians in California, the growth of healthcare institutions history, and the shifting demands of medicine and public health as towns became cities. Names, places, lives in motion. Read as regional medical history and as a medical profession history, it offers a grounded view of how professional standards, community need, and local politics met on the clinic floor and in the council chamber. For anyone drawn to southern California history and Los Angeles area medicine, it stands as a practical medical history reference book as well as an engrossing window onto everyday life. It is ideal for students of California local history, genealogists, and medical professionals curious about their predecessors, with clear dates and voices too. Beyond its local focus, Kress's work belongs to the wider American history of medicine, capturing how a fast-changing frontier region organised training, ethics, and care. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Add it to a library reference collection, keep it close as a California local history guide, or share it with local history researchers seeking authoritative context and richly human detail.

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