A Century of Teaching and Healing 1892-1992: First 100 Years of the Creighton University School of Medicine

This book is exactly what it claims to be, namely, a festschrift celebrating a century of life for Creighton University School of Medicine. This results in a 515page book weighing several pounds. A Century of Teaching and Healing accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, namely, to tell the story of Creighton from the day it was born until the present. Who should buy and read this book? All of the living graduates, of course, and the faculty. It is so much an insider's story that it is difficult for someone not connected with Creighton to have a sense of proportion. To try to reduce 100 years of something as vital and expanding as a medical school and hospital to 500 pages is an impossible task, obviously. The authors do not write an exciting story, but for those who love and cherish Creighton, it is a book to be