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Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic : Health Care in Early America /
In the years following the American Revolution, as poverty increased and America's water and air became more polluted, people grew sicker. Traditional medicine became increasingly ineffective. Instead, Americans sought out both older and newer forms of alternative medicine and people who embrac...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Columbian Exchange
- Epidemics
- Tools of the Trade
- Abundance
- Wartime
- New Nation
- Giving Birth
- The Face of Madness
- Democratic Medicine
- Public Health
- Conclusion.