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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524689903321

Autore

Kass Amalie M. <1928->

Titolo

Midwifery and Medicine in Boston : Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876 / / Amalie M. Kass ; [new foreword by Scott Podolsky, M.D.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Northeastern University Press

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource xviii, 386 pages) : : illustrations

Soggetti

Physicians

Obstetrics

Midwifery

Obstetrics - Massachusetts - History

Midwifery - Massachusetts - History

Physicians - Massachusetts

History

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Massachusetts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of 2002 edition with  new foreword.

Nota di contenuto

Youth -- Medical studies -- Launching a career, 1811-1822 -- Obstetrical practice --The hospitals --The education of physicians --The middle years, 1822-1840 -- Puerperal fever -- Obstetrical anesthesia -- Social reform -- "Action of a man's whole nature," 1840-1854 -- The medical profession at mid-century -- Retirement and repose.