Divide and conquer : a comparative history of medical specialization / George Weisz.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

xxx, 359 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of specialties in early nineteenth-century Paris -- Specialization and its opponents in London -- Specialization in the German-speaking world -- The rise of American specialties -- Regulating specialists in national medical directories -- Regulating specialists in Germany -- Regulating specialists the American way -- The French style of regulating specialists -- Regulating specialists in the British manner -- From divisions of medicine to specialties -- Separating, combining and competing.