{"product_id":"quinine-and-quarantine-loren-humphrey-9780826212696","title":"Quinine and Quarantine: Missouri Medicine Through the Years","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenting a fascinating overview of medicine in Missouri from the early days of epidemics to present-day technological advances, \u003ci\u003eQuinine and Quarantine\u003c\/i\u003e approaches the history of medicine as an integral part of the state's development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the changing environmental risks and diseases that threatened Missouri over the years and the role of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers as prime routes for the spread of diseases and innovations, Loren Humphrey discusses the efforts of citizens, legislators, and health officials confronting various medical challenges. He offers intriguing medical details of the past two centuries interspersed with the stories of significant historical figures and Missourians' personal accounts. He tells of the pioneers' struggles to use natural remedies acquired from Native Americans, the gory and unsanitary attempts to treat early gunshot wounds, and the common afflictions and diseases such as \"swamp fever,\" measles, mumps, consumption, dysentery, smallpox, and typhoid that seemed beyond medicine's effects. Humphrey also discusses the significance of the discovery and reluctant acceptance of the \"antifever\" breakthrough now famous as quinine, as well as the lessons learned as a result of Civil War medical techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuinine and Quarantine\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a remarkable journey that concludes in the present, arguably the most exciting and controversial era for medical advances. Humphrey explores new imaging techniques, laparoscopic surgery, and research on ways to overcome bacterial resistance to antibiotics. He challenges the reader to consider such compelling issues as the escalating cost of health care and the threats posed by environmental hazards. He also identifies topics over which Missourians will likely struggle well into the next century, such as transplants, managed care, abortion, and assisted suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized chronologically in fifty-year segments and written in language free of jargon, \u003ci\u003eQuinine and Quarantine\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a broad historical view of the medical problems and solutions faced by the people of Missouri, preparing them to cope with medical issues of the new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loren Humphrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826212697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826212696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 5.94w x 0.39d","brand":"Loren Humphrey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086994977023,"sku":"9780826212696","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09f99b9b-189f-4d84-b643-1b7d0a47d987.jpg?v=1769097698","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quinine-and-quarantine-loren-humphrey-9780826212696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}