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Frontier medicine : from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Author
Title
Frontier medicine : from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941 / David Dary.
ISBN
9780307263452
0307263452
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Physical Description
viii, 381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-361) and index.
Contents
Indian medicine
Early American medicine
Over the Appalachians
Beyond the Mississippi
Fur traders and trappers
On the Oregon trail
Among the soldiers
On homestead and ranch
In western towns
Going west for your health
Midwives and women doctors
Patent medicines
Quacks
Into the twentieth century.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
History of Medicine - United States.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600 - United States.
History, Modern 1601- - United States.
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