{"product_id":"tinsley-harrison-md-teacher-of-medicine","title":"Tinsley Harrison  M.D.: Teacher of Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eTinsley Harrisondoctor  teacher  researcher  medical school leaderis one of the most important medical figures of the 20th century. He edited the first five editions of Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine  regarded as a quintessential medical text and perhaps the best-selling medical textbook of all time. He traveled the world in his capacity as a teaching doctor  made significant contributions to scholarship  and served as the dean\/medical chairman at four medical schools. He is a titan of the field  an enormous presence central to the narrative of American medicine.  Author Dr. James Pittman knew Harrison well  studying and teaching with him from the 1950s until Harrisons death. Pittman spent six years interviewing Harrison near the end of Harrisons life  and these lengthy interviews  as well as interviews with his colleagues  family  and friends  form the bulk of the scholarship of this compulsively readable book. Pittman brings his own medical knowledge to the fore  as well as his personal friendship with the subject  in this beautifully written character study of one of sciences great but not well-known men. Harrison lived a long  exciting life  and in these pages  readers will get a glimpse of the historical forces that shaped and in turn were shaped by this legendary doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966731612213,"sku":"ByrdShop_1588382265","price":38.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781588382269.jpg?v=1770577125","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tinsley-harrison-md-teacher-of-medicine","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}