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Island doctor : John Mackieson and medicine in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island /
"Dr. John Mackieson practiced medicine in Prince Edward Island from 1821 to 1885. Island Doctor offers an intimate look at the work of this "ordinary" physician and a fascinating glimpse of the practice of medicine in the nineteenth century. Using two of Mackieson's casebooks, wh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ;
20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Scotsman Settles in Prince Edward Island
- 2 Social, Family, and Professional Life in Charlottetown
- 3 Health and Illness in Nineteenth-Century Prince Edward Island: Mackieson's Practice in Medicine
- 4 A Nineteenth-Century Surgical Practice
- 5 The Perils of Childbearing in the Nineteenth Century: Mackieson and Obstetrical Care
- 6 Ministering to a Mind Diseased: Mackieson, the Charlottetown Lunatic Asylum, and the Treatment of Mental Illness
- 7 Coda: Portrait of an Island Doctor
- Appendix A: Chronological Outline of Mackieson's CareerAppendix B: The Formulary: Therapeutic Agents
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
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