A review by cupcakes_and_coffee
Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital by David M. Oshinsky

informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

The history of Bellevue is so interesting as it follows so much of the Nation’s history and medical progress. Very thorough, yet easy to read. I think the layout of each chapter covering a specific theme/time period made the book very manageable. The only thing holding me back from 5 stars is that I felt the earlier chapters, although very good, took up a lot of the book and I would’ve enjoyed even more detail in the post-1950 history. There were a lot of more recent issues touched on in the later chapters that I think could’ve been more deeply explored. Also, this is an older book and I would love to see an updated version after COVID!