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Medical Culture in Revolutionary America - 9780838641903

Un libro in lingua di Linda Myrsiades edito da Associated Univ Pr, 2009

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Myrsiades (English, West Chester University) takes a look at the practice of medicine in eighteenth century America not from the perspective of medical research and practice, but from the social behavior of the practitioners. She studies the manner in which medicine was struggling for legitimacy as part of the process of moving from individual doctors who based their reputations on a code of honor and reputation to a systematized profession regulated by legal and educational standards. To set the stage, Myrsiades details the problems of quacks calling themselves physicians on one side and, on the other, the resistance of the public to the study of cadavers that would allow for more knowledgeable physicians. She then gives case studies of three doctors and their feuds. The best known of these was Benjamin Rush, a member of the Continental Congress. The others were William Shippen and John Morgan. The feuds, based on personal and professional antipathy, influenced the care of soldiers during the Revolution and the founding of medical schools. This is a microcosmic example of a society and a profession in transition that will interest both medical and social historians. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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