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Langstaff : a nineteenth-century medical life /

A unique and readable microhistory of an ordinary physician and his community during a period of revolutionary medical change. Duffin bases her insights on a detailed computer-assisted analysis of 40 years of extant daybooks of James Langstaff (1825-1889).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duffin, Jacalyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Tables, Figures, and Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE: The Making of a Doctor
  • CHAPTER TWO: The Professional and Social World of a Nineteenth-Century Doctor
  • CHAPTER THREE: Medical Knowledge in Diagnosis: Physical Signs at the Bedside
  • CHAPTER FOUR: Medical Knowledge in Therapy: Old Stand-bys, Innovations, and Intangibles
  • CHAPTER FIVE: Patients and Their Diseases: Morbidity and Mortality in Children and Adults
  • CHAPTER SIX: Lunatics, Dreamers, and Drunks
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: Accidents, Injuries, and Operations: Langstaff's Practice of SurgeryCHAPTER EIGHT: Birthing and Its Problems in Langstaff's Practice of Obstetrics
  • CHAPTER NINE: Therapy through Social Action: Lawyers, Politics, and Public Health
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: A Note on Method
  • Appendix B: Professional Associates of James Miles Langstaff
  • 1 Partners and Medical Students in Langstaff's Practice
  • 2 Women Attendants and 'Nurses' in Langstaff's Practice
  • 3 Medical Colleagues, Location, Qualifications, and Dates
  • Appendix C: Langstaff's Personal Library and CharitiesAppendix D: Langstaff's Properties
  • Appendix E: Therapies in Langstaff's Daybooks
  • 1 Langstaff's Pharmacopoeia
  • 2 Dietary and Alcohol-Containing Substances
  • 3 Methods of Bleeding
  • 4 Mechanical Methods
  • Appendix F: Medical Diagnoses in Langstaff's Daybooks
  • Notes
  • List of Manuscript and Printed Sources
  • Select Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index
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