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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

HOOKER, Worthington (1806 – 1867)

1806 – 1867

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1849

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Physician and patient; or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community.

HOOKER, Worthington (1806 – 1867)

"During this era of rampant sectarianism in medicine, doctors frequently became dishonest or abusive as they competed for patients. To deal with this situation, the American Medical Association adopted [in 1847] a cod…