Author: Thomas Young
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Category : Medical climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
A Practical and Historical Treatise on Consumptive Diseases
Author: Thomas Young
Publisher:
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Category : Medical climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Medical climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820
Author: Richard J. Kahn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190053275
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Jeremiah Barker practiced medicine in rural Maine up until his retirement in 1818. Throughout his practice of fifty years, he documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors." Dr. Barker intended to publish his Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820 by subscription - advance pledges to purchase the published volume - but for reasons that remain uncertain, that never happened. For the first time, Barker's never before published work has been transcribed and presented in its entirety with extensive annotations, a five-chapter introduction to contextualize the work, and a glossary to make it accessible to 21st century general readers, genealogists, students, and historians. This engaging and insightful new publication allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced by a rural physician in New England. We know much about how elite physicians practiced 200 years ago, but very little about the daily practice of an ordinary rural doctor, attending the ordinary rural patient. Barker's manuscript is written in a clear and engaging style, easily enjoyed by general readers as well as historians, with extensive footnotes and a glossary of terms. Barker himself intended his book to be "understood by those destitute of medical science."
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190053275
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Jeremiah Barker practiced medicine in rural Maine up until his retirement in 1818. Throughout his practice of fifty years, he documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors." Dr. Barker intended to publish his Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820 by subscription - advance pledges to purchase the published volume - but for reasons that remain uncertain, that never happened. For the first time, Barker's never before published work has been transcribed and presented in its entirety with extensive annotations, a five-chapter introduction to contextualize the work, and a glossary to make it accessible to 21st century general readers, genealogists, students, and historians. This engaging and insightful new publication allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced by a rural physician in New England. We know much about how elite physicians practiced 200 years ago, but very little about the daily practice of an ordinary rural doctor, attending the ordinary rural patient. Barker's manuscript is written in a clear and engaging style, easily enjoyed by general readers as well as historians, with extensive footnotes and a glossary of terms. Barker himself intended his book to be "understood by those destitute of medical science."
Catalogue ... 1807-1871
Author: Boston Mass, Athenaeum, libr
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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A Dictionary of Practical Medicine ...
Author: James Copland (M.D.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
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Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenæum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Consumptive Chic
Author: Carolyn A. Day
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350009407
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out in the clothing fashions of the day. With the ravages of the illness widely regarded as conferring beauty on the sufferer, it became commonplace to regard tuberculosis as a positive affliction, one to be emulated in both beauty practices and dress. While medical writers of the time believed that the fashionable way of life of many women actually rendered them susceptible to the disease, Carolyn A. Day investigates the deliberate and widespread flouting of admonitions against these fashion practices in the pursuit of beauty. Through an exploration of contemporary social trends and medical advice revealed in medical writing, literature and personal papers, Consumptive Chic uncovers the intimate relationship between fashionable women's clothing, and medical understandings of the illness. Illustrated with over 40 full color fashion plates, caricatures, medical images, and photographs of original garments, this is a compelling story of the intimate relationship between the body, beauty, and disease - and the rise of 'tubercular chic'.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350009407
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out in the clothing fashions of the day. With the ravages of the illness widely regarded as conferring beauty on the sufferer, it became commonplace to regard tuberculosis as a positive affliction, one to be emulated in both beauty practices and dress. While medical writers of the time believed that the fashionable way of life of many women actually rendered them susceptible to the disease, Carolyn A. Day investigates the deliberate and widespread flouting of admonitions against these fashion practices in the pursuit of beauty. Through an exploration of contemporary social trends and medical advice revealed in medical writing, literature and personal papers, Consumptive Chic uncovers the intimate relationship between fashionable women's clothing, and medical understandings of the illness. Illustrated with over 40 full color fashion plates, caricatures, medical images, and photographs of original garments, this is a compelling story of the intimate relationship between the body, beauty, and disease - and the rise of 'tubercular chic'.
Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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The Edinburgh Annual Register
Author:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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The American Review of Tuberculosis
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Respiratory organs
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Volumes 1-3 include section: Medical notes, abstracts, and reviews ; volumes 4-45 includes section titled: Abstracts of tuberculosis ; volumes 46- includes section titled: Abstracts.
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Category : Respiratory organs
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Volumes 1-3 include section: Medical notes, abstracts, and reviews ; volumes 4-45 includes section titled: Abstracts of tuberculosis ; volumes 46- includes section titled: Abstracts.
Catalogue of the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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