Brieger Medical America in the Nineteenth Century

Readings from the Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9521-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Students of the history of medicine and of American history in general will welcome this collection of thirty papers originally published in nineteenth-century medical journals and lay publications. Each highlights a specific problem or medical attitude of the period, and together they present an illuminating panorama of the medical profession and of public health in nineteenth-century America. Many of the problems faced by students, practitioners, and patients of the last century are surprisingly similar to those still being encountered today.

Dr. Brieger has selected papers that illustrate the issues and developments in medical education, medical practice, surgery, hospitals, hygiene, and psychiatry. They range from Benjamin Rush's "On the Cause of Death in Diseases That Are Not Incurable," to a paper by Robert F. Weir "On the Antiseptic Treatment of Wounds, and Its Results" and an article by Stephen Smith, "New York the Unclean." The final selection, the Announcement of The Johns Hopkins Medical School, stands as a landmark that foretells the beginning of a new era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brieger, Gert H.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1. Medical Education
Chapter 2. Medical Literature
Chapter 3. The Medical Profession
Chapter 4. Medical Practice
Chapter 5. Surgery
Chapter 6. Psychiatry
Chapter 7. Hospitals
Chapter 8. Hygiene
Chapter 9. Announcement of The Johns Hopkins Medical School
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brieger, Gert H.
Gert H. Brieger is the Johns Hopkins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Emeritus Editor of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, also published by Johns Hopkins.