Ascent to Mona as Illustrated by a Short History of Jamaican Medical Care: With an Account of the Beginning of the Faculty of Medicine, University of the West Indies

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• List of Illustrations vi
• Preface vii
• Part One - Historical Background 1
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 2
• Chapter II - The Ascent of Medicine 7
• Chapter III - Medicine in the Age of Empiricism 13
• Part Two - The Development Of Medicine in Jamaica 27
• Chapter IV Early Jamaican Health Care 28
• Chapter V - Governor Grant And Dr Benjamin Mosse 47
• Chapter VI - Twentieth Century Doctors: "A New Breed" 50
• Chapter VII - The First Firm Footsteps 56
• Chapter VIII - The Victoria Jubilee Hospital And Drs Rose and Ivan Parboosingh 66
• Chapter IX - The Faculty of Medicine And Its Hospital 77
• Chapter X - The Department of Medicine And The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit 85

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• List of Illustrations vi
• Preface vii
• Part One - Historical Background 1
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 2
• Chapter II - The Ascent of Medicine 7
• Chapter III - Medicine in the Age of Empiricism 13
• Part Two - The Development Of Medicine in Jamaica 27
• Chapter IV Early Jamaican Health Care 28
• Chapter V - Governor Grant And Dr Benjamin Mosse 47
• Chapter VI - Twentieth Century Doctors: "A New Breed" 50
• Chapter VII - The First Firm Footsteps 56
• Chapter VIII - The Victoria Jubilee Hospital And Drs Rose and Ivan Parboosingh 66
• Chapter IX - The Faculty of Medicine And Its Hospital 77
• Chapter X - The Department of Medicine And The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit 85
• Chapter XI - The Department of Surgery 92
• Chapter XII - The Department Of Obstetrics and Gynaecology75 97
• The Department of Pathology 102
• Chapter XIV - The Nursing Services 106
• Chapter XV - Epilogue 112
• Notes 114
• About the Author 117