The Best Specimen of a Tyrant : The Ambitious Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand and the Wisconsin Insane Hospital /
In 1847, young Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand left Vermont to seek his fortune in the West, but in Wisconsin his business ventures failed, and a medical practice among hard-up settlers added little to his pocketbook. During the Civil War he organized and ran one of the army's biggest hospitals but r...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
2013.
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Edition: | 1st University of Iowa Press ed. 2013. |
Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |