Enter the physician : the transformation of domestic medicine, 1760-1860
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1991. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #392185
ISBN: 0817305149
Series: History of American Science and Technology Series. Physical description: xxi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-302) and index. Contents: Family physician -- Maternal physician -- Every man his own doctor -- Toward a literature of prevention -- Pedagogical crusade -- Unorthodox physician. Subjects: 18th-19th centuries; Medicine, Popular History; Self-care, Health United States History; Health attitudes; Medicine History 18th century; Delivery of Health Care; Physicians United States History 18th century, 19th century; United States; Medical Humanities.
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