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David Wendel Yandell was the most distinguished physician of a family noted for its contributions to the medical profession over a period of generations. Like his father before him, Yandell taught for many years at the Medical Department of the University of Louisville.

His years as a Confederate surgeon impressed upon him the horrifying consequences of the inadequate preparation of most physicians. Concerned especially about the need for practical training, Yandell waged a twenty-year campaign to expand clinic facilities and introduce intern programs at his own school and across the nation. He also fought for higher professional standards on a national level as president and active member of the American Medical Association and other organizations.

David Wendel Yandell is an illuminating and well-rounded picture of the strengths and weaknesses of nineteenth-century medicine and of the practitioner, teacher, and leader who shaped the modern medical profession in Kentucky and the nation.

Nancy Disher Baird is reference librarian at the Kentucky Library at Western Kentucky University.

Publication Date

1978

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Place of Publication

Lexington, Kentucky

ISBN

9780813192888

eISBN

9780813150284

Keywords

David Yandell, Kentucky, Louisville, Physicians

Disciplines

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

David Wendel Yandell: Physician of Old Louisville
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