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Quinine and quarantine : Missouri medicine through the years /

"Presenting an overview of medicine in Missouri from the early days of epidemics to present-day technological advances, Quinine and Quarantine approaches the history of medicine as an integral part of the state's development." "Organized chronologically in fifty-year segments and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Humphrey, Loren, 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2000.
Colección:Missouri heritage readers.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Potluck medicine, 1799-1848. Diseases and injuries on the trail
  • Growth of education and number of physicians
  • Home remedies, smallpox vaccine, and quinine. pt. 2. Community medicine, 1849-1898. Evils of cities and medical school problems
  • Buying a medical license
  • Medical lessons from war. pt. 3. Standards for medicine, 1899-1948. Growth of travel, cities, and medical schools
  • Improving medical education
  • Scientific diagnosis. pt. 4. Scientific medicine, 1949-1999. Viruses and chemical everywhere
  • Specialization and immunization
  • New parts.