Author: Thomas Thacher
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Category : Measles
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Author: Stephanie True Peters
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761416371
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Describes the history of smallpox in the Americas, covering the arrival of the Spanish as carriers, its spread throughout the New World, the development of the smallpox vaccine, the elimination of the disease, and its potential use as a terrorist weapon.

Author: Joseph Barlow Felt
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 740

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Author: Ann M. Becker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793630704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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In Smallpox in Washington's Army: Disease, War and Society during the Revolutionary War , the author argues that smallpox played an integral role in military affairs for both the British and Continental armies, and impacted soldiers and civilians throughout the War for American Independence. Due to the Royal army’s policy of troop inoculation and because many British soldiers were already immune to the variola virus, the American army was initially at a disadvantage. Most American colonists were highly susceptible to this dreaded disease, and its presence was greatly feared. General George Washington was keenly aware of this disadvantage and, despite his own doubts, embarked on a policy of inoculation to protect his troops. Use of this controversial, innovative, and effective medical procedure leveled the playing field within the armies. However, by 1777, smallpox spread throughout America as soldiers interacted with civilian populations. Once military action moved south, American and British auxiliary troops and the enslaved Southern population all succumbed to the disease, creating a disorderly, dangerous situation as the war ends. Washington’s implementation of isolation policies as well as mass troop inoculation removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this much feared disease.

Author: John Ruhräh
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 668

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The author shows the important contributions of long-forgotten writers. He has carefully traced the progress of pediatrics from ancient times to the 19th century. The book has a valuable bibliography. There is a comprehensive selection of important pediatricians works, translated were necessary into English.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1124

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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1104

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Author: Rebecca J. Tannenbaum
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501720198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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This book, the first to describe women medical practitioners other than midwives in the colonial period, emphasizes that medical care was part of every woman's work. The Healer's Calling uses memorable anecdotes, engaging characters, and medical oddities to tell the fascinating story of the practice of household medicine in early America. Rebecca J. Tannenbaum points out that housewives provided much of the medical care available in the seventeenth century. Elite women cared for the indigent in their towns and used medical practice to make influential connections with powerful men; "doctresses" or "doctor women" supported themselves with their practices and competed directly with male physicians; and midwives were crucial "expert witnesses" in cases of fornication, murder, and witchcraft. Yet there were limits to the authority of women's healing communities, with consequences for those who overstepped the bounds. By setting women's practice in the context of contemporary medicine, gender roles, and community norms, Tannenbaum also reveals the relationship between women's medical practice and witchcraft accusations. Tannenbaum examines colonial America's full range of medical options—including the work of classically trained male doctors and male lay practitioners—with a keen eye to the interactions and tensions between men and women in the realm of healing.

Author: New York Academy of Medicine
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 846

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