{"product_id":"medical-america-in-the-nineteenth-gert-h-brieger-9780801892684","title":"Medical America in the Nineteenth Century: Readings from the Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eStudents 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. 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 \u003ci\u003eAnnouncement of The Johns Hopkins Medical School, \u003c\/i\u003estands as a landmark that foretells the beginning of a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gert H. Brieger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801892686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801892684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 289","brand":"Gert H. Brieger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448954368255,"sku":"9780801892684","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29e3fa30-a50a-423a-8bca-43bf1dc3b627.jpg?v=1777261329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medical-america-in-the-nineteenth-gert-h-brieger-9780801892684","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}