Sarah E Naramore

Benjamin Rush, Civic Health, and Human Illness in the Early American Republic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A close look at the medical and social theories of prominent Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush and how they influenced American medicine in the years following the Revolutionary War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9781648250699
• ISBN-10: 1648250696
• Artikelnr.: 66970549

Autorenporträt

Sarah E. Naramore

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: "Truth is a Unit" Part I
Making an American System Chapter 1
The Education of Benjamin Rush Chapter 2
An American Physician Chapter 3
Making and Sharing Medical Knowledge Chapter 4
Learning from Bodies Part II
Using an American System Chapter 5
Explaining Variation in American Bodies Chapter 6
Confronting Climatic Ills Chapter 7
Care, Curing, and Prevention in American Institutions Chapter 8
Prepping the Next Generation of "Republican Machines" Epilogue Bibliography Abbreviations Sources Cited Index