Named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1996 by Choice

"A scholarly and comprehensive analysis, Bonner's book is highly recommended for academic and medical libraries."--Library Journal

"An extremely valuable addition to the history of medical education....Highly recommended."--CHOICE

"[A] superb book...[A] rarity, a genuinely comparative study....Clear, concise and comprehensive, this study will long remain definitive."--Nature

"Until now, no single author, to my knowledge, has possessed the intellectual bravery and linguistic skills needed to undertake a study spanning centuries and cultures....In addition to its impressive chronological and geographical range, Becoming A Physician possesses other strengths....for readers interested in seeing the big picture, Becoming A Physician offers by far the best available now."--JAMA Books

"This grandly researched and thoughtful study achieves a difficult goal--an integrated comparative study, rather than several unconnected national histories bound in a single volume."--The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"An erudite volume based on the study of a remarkable range of archival and printed primary sources....[The book] is an outstanding contribution to the historical study of medical education...breaking new analytical ground."--Albion

"This book is a valuable source of information that provides an important historical perspective."--Modern Pathology

"[The book] is, ostensibly, a truly important work, and may be one of the most significant works in medical historiography to appear in recent times. It is a remarkable historical tableau, and Bonner presents the evolving and eclectic patterns with extraordinary detail as he skillfully weaves together the British, French, German, and American experiences."--Bookman's Review

"This is a densely packed, informative book to which justice can never be done in a short review. This will be a book that all historians of nineteenth-and twentieth-century medicine will continually refer to as the standard authority on medical education."--Journal of the History of Medicine

"This is a well told history....The author has provided and engaging account of studying medicine at different times in different places."--Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

"Thomas Neville Bonner's Becoming a Physician is a masterly survey of medical education in Europe and the United States during the transition to modernity....Bonner's very fine book interweaves intellectual, social, and institutional history in a broad but well-balanced account. His work will be the essential starting point from now on for the study of modern medical education."--The Journal of American History

"This readable, scholarly book presents a cross-cultural comparison of medical education over a period of two centuries."--Middlebury Magazine