Lotions, potions, pills, and magic : health care in early America /
Breslaw, Elaine G., 1932-
Lotions, potions, pills, and magic : health care in early America / Elaine Breslaw. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index.
Columbian Exchange -- Epidemics -- Tools of the Trade -- Abundance -- Wartime -- New Nation -- Giving Birth -- The Face of Madness -- Democratic Medicine -- Public Health -- Epilogue.
9780814787175 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814787182 (e-book) 9780814739389 (e-book)
2012016648
Medicine--History--United States--18th century.
Medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Medical care--History--United States--18th century.
Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Physicians--History--United States--18th century.
Physicians--History--United States--19th century.
Public health--History--United States--18th century.
Public health--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
R152 / .B725 2012
362.10973
Lotions, potions, pills, and magic : health care in early America / Elaine Breslaw. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index.
Columbian Exchange -- Epidemics -- Tools of the Trade -- Abundance -- Wartime -- New Nation -- Giving Birth -- The Face of Madness -- Democratic Medicine -- Public Health -- Epilogue.
9780814787175 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814787182 (e-book) 9780814739389 (e-book)
2012016648
Medicine--History--United States--18th century.
Medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Medical care--History--United States--18th century.
Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Physicians--History--United States--18th century.
Physicians--History--United States--19th century.
Public health--History--United States--18th century.
Public health--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
R152 / .B725 2012
362.10973