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