Disease and Death in America: A History
Gerald Grob
Wednesday, 03 Apr 2002 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Gerald Grob is Henry E. Sigerist Professor of History of Medicine Emeritus, Rutgers University, and is the author of nine books including the upcoming The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America . He is on the editorial boards of History of Psychiatry; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, and The Historian.
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