Overview
Features an engaging narrative style
Comprehensively chronicles the life and accomplishments of Dorothy Hansine Andersen
Examines the discovery of diagnosis for cystic fibrosis of the pancreas
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book chronicles the life and accomplishments of Dorothy Hansine Andersen, a pioneering American pathologist and pediatrician who was the first person to define, diagnose, and treat cystic fibrosis.
Divided into three parts, the book begins by detailing Anderson’s early life, including being orphaned as an adolescent, her college career, and her laborious start in the medical field. Part II then examines Andersen’s role in defining the new disease “cystic fibrosis of the pancreas” and her career of active engagement in various clinical pursuits and research, both in pathology and pediatrics. Chapters in this section also discuss the numerous attempts made by others to minimize Andersen’s work through gender bias and the Matilda Effect. The book concludes by reviewing the foundations laid for CF, Andersen’s legacy, and her terminal illness.
Featuring an engaging narrative style, Dorothy Hansine Andersen is a historically relevant, invaluable text for anyone interested in the life of Dorothy Anderson and the nascence of cystic fibrosis diagnoses.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
New York, NY
USA
Dr. John Scott Baird graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1985. He works in New York, NY as well as five other locations and specializes in Adolescent Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Baird’s current research interests include clinical aspects of critical care medicine, and are focused primarily on understanding and improving the outcome from childhood diseases requiring care in the PICU, particularly pulmonary and renal diseases.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dorothy Hansine Andersen
Book Subtitle: The Life and Times of the Pioneering Physician-Scientist Who Identified Cystic Fibrosis
Authors: John Scott Baird
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87484-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87483-4Published: 20 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87486-5Published: 21 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87484-1Published: 19 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 198
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics