Contributing to the emerging historiography that studies modern medical science and its institutions within the context of American politics, economics and culture, this book focuses on the University of Iowa's Department of Internal Medicine, and is written against the backdrop of national events.

Contributing to the emerging historiography that studies modern medical science and its institutions within the context of American politics, economics and culture, this book focuses on the University of Iowa's Department of Internal Medicine, and is written against the backdrop of national events.