An eminent doctor and an accomplished author, Ira Rutkow weaves a compelling tapestry that examines changes in American medical theory, practice, technique, and research over the last 250 years. .<P>Despite all that has been spoken and written about medicine, there has never been a modern work that tells, in a narrative form, the story of medicine in the United States—until now. <I>Seeking the Cure</I> is a compelling series of anecdotes that illuminate medicine’s historic highlights and illustrate the evolving economic, political, and social issues facing the nation’s physicians. In a fast-paced and readable fashion, the book explores what doctors have been able to accomplish, despite various obstacles and setbacks, individually and collectively, as well as their impact on both medicine and society as a whole, from the initial vestiges of scientific authority following the Civil War to the present day..