Frontier medicine : from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Title:
Frontier medicine : from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Author:
Dary, David.
ISBN:
9780307263452
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Knopf, c2008.
Physical Description:
381 p. : ill., photos; 24 cm.
Contents:
Indian medicine -- Early American medicine -- Over the Appalachians -- Beyond the Mississippi -- Fur traders & trappers -- On the Oregon trail -- Among the soldiers -- On the homestead and ranch -- In western towns -- Going west for your health -- Midwives & women doctors -- Patent medicines -- Quacks -- Into the 20th century.
Abstract:
A study of the evolution of American medicine draws on diaries, newspapers, letters, advertisements, and medical records to detail medical care and practices from the era of exploration to the beginning of World War II.
