Part I. Introduction: Historical perspectives -- Grand rounds: An introduction to the history of internal medicine / Russell C. Maulitz -- The inner history of internal medicine / Paul B. Beeson and Russell C. Maulitz -- The literature of internal medicine
/ W. Bruce Fye -- Part II. The subspecialties of internal medicine: Case studies -- History of the subspecialty of infectious diseases in the United States / Edward H. Kass -- One hundred years of American gastroenterology / Joseph B. Kirsner -- A century of American rheumatology / Thomas G. Benedek -- Nephrology in American from Thomas Addis to the artificial kidney / Steven J. Peitzman -- Hearts and minds: The invention and transformation of American cardiology / Joel D. Howell -- Part III. Historical problems in diagnosis and therapy -- Classifications in medicine / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Notes from the underground: The social organization of therapeutic research / Harry M. Marks -- Part IV. A concluding view -- The curious career of internal medicine: Functional ambivalence, social success / Rosemary Stevens.
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