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Diploma mill : the rise and fall of Dr. John Buchanan and the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania /
The story of John Buchanan and the EMC contains unusually dramatic elements more typical of a novel than a work of history but does not undermine its importance. His activities ultimately resulted in stronger medical licensing laws and cast a shadow upon the minority of physicians practicing eclecti...
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[2018]
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Prologue -- part 1. Rise. The rise of eclectic medicine -- The rise of the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania -- The rise of Dr. John Buchanan -- part 2. Crises. Year of revelations -- Senat inquiry and a Supreme Court case -- The return of medical licensing laws -- part 3. Fall. John Norris and the Philadelphia Record -- The "death" of John Buchanan -- Trial and imprisonment -- Old tricks and a new career -- Epilogue -- Appendix. | |
| 520 | |a The story of John Buchanan and the EMC contains unusually dramatic elements more typical of a novel than a work of history but does not undermine its importance. His activities ultimately resulted in stronger medical licensing laws and cast a shadow upon the minority of physicians practicing eclectic medicine. By relating the history of a criminal enterprise arising within the confines of a legitimate medical school, Diploma Mill represents a unique contribution in the literature of 19th-century American medicine. | ||
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