Peter C English

Biographic Data

ID5372718
NAMEPeter C English
GIVEN NAMESPeter C
FAMILY NAMEEnglish
SIGNATUREENGLISH P C
AFFILIATIONSDuke Medical Center
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
H-INDEX0

  • Circumcision

    Peter C EnglishARTICLEBulletin of the history of medicine2001

    David Gollaher, president and CEO of the California Healthcare Institute, has written a compelling book on circumcision. He records that in 1996 more than 60 percent of boys born in the United States were circumcised, mostly by [End Page 623] physicians during the first hours or days of the infant's life. Regions varied in the practice: Midwest, 81 percent; Northeast, 67 percent; South, 64 percent; and West, 36 percent. The question Gollaher pose…

  • Rheumatic Fever in America and Britain

    Howard Markel, Peter C EnglishARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Rheumatic Fever in America and Britain: A Biological, Epidemiological, and Medical History. By Peter C. English. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999. xxii, 257 pp. $50.00, ISBN 0-8135-2710-4.) Get access Howard Markel Howard Markel University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1057…

  • Rheumatic Fever and Streptococcal Infection

    Peter C EnglishARTICLEBulletin of the history of medicine1999

    Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 73, Number 3, Fall 1999

  • Science at the Bedside

    Peter C English, Alex Harvey et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1982

    Journal Article Science at the Bedside: Clinical Research in American Medicine, 1905–1945. By A. McGehee Harvey. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. xix + 554 pp. Illustration, chart, appendixes, notes, and indexes. $17.50.) Get access Peter C. English Peter C. English Duke University Medical Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 1, June 1982, Pa…

  • Shock, Physiological Surgery, and George Washington Crile

    Kenneth M Ludmerer, Peter C EnglishARTICLEJournal of American History1982

    Journal Article Shocky Physiological Suigeryy and George Washington Crile: Medical Innovation in the Progressive Era. By Peter C. English. (Westport: Greenwood, 1980. xi + 271 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00.) Get access Kenneth M. Ludmerer Kenneth M. Ludmerer Washington University, Saint Louis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 4, March 1982, Pages 948…

  • The Rise of Surgery

    Peter C EnglishARTICLEIsis1981