Revolutionary Medicine : The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health /

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"Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected the founding fathers and their famili...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Public health > Philosophy.
Public health.
Medical care.
Founding Fathers of the United States.
MEDICAL > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Sante publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sante publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Sante publique > Philosophie.
Peres fondateurs des États-Unis.
American Revolution
Public Health > history > United States.
Famous Persons > United States.
History, 18th Century > United States > Biography.
Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Medical care > United States > History > 18th century.
Public health > United States > History > 19th century.
Public health > United States > History > 18th century.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : health and medicine in the era of America's founders
  • George and Martha Washington : health, illness, and the First Family
  • Benjamin Franklin : a founding father of American medicine
  • Abigail and John Adams : partners in sickness and health
  • Thomas Jefferson : advocate for healthy living
  • Thomas Jefferson : the health of the nation
  • Epilogue : evolutionary medicine.

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