Episode 120
Episode 118: Dr Ralph Hruban - A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men And Women Who Reinvented American Medicine
July 4, 202240m 30s
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Show Notes
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralph Hruban
What we discuss with Dr Ralph Hruban :
- The original idea for his new book, A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men And Women Who Reinvented American Medicine, and why he chose to write it at this time
- How the book grew from his Hopkins at Home lecture series
- Why he chose to include those with a connection to Johns Hopkins
- The writing process, and some new things he learned while researching the book
- Why it was important to show how some of the people in the book faced racism and sexism
- Why it was important to highlight not only accomplishments, but flaws as well
- How the stories of the fight against Yellow Fever and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic have parallels to the fight against COVID-19
- How his perspective of history changed as a result of writing this book
- His thoughts on what may be his next project
Links for this episode:
A Scientific Revolution on Amazon
The Great Influenza on Amazon
Lessons For Today From Nine Greats Lecture Series
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