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Autore |
Shephard David A. E |
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Titolo |
Island doctor [[electronic resource] ] : John Mackieson and medicine in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island / / David A.E. Shephard |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-86103-4 |
9786612861031 |
0-7735-7093-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxviii, 187 p. : ill., ports. ; ; 24 cm |
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McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine ; ; 20 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physicians - Prince Edward Island |
Medicine, Rural - Prince Edward Island - History - 19th century |
Médecins - Île-du-Prince-Édouard |
Médecine rurale - Île-du-Prince-Édouard - Histoire - 19e siècle |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Scotsman Settles in Prince Edward Island -- Social, Family, and Professional Life in Charlottetown -- Health and Illness in Nineteenth-Century Prince Edward Island: Mackieson’s Practice in Medicine -- A Nineteenth-Century Surgical Practice -- The Perils of Childbearing in the Nineteenth Century: Mackieson and Obstetrical Care -- Ministering to a “Mind Diseased”: Mackieson, the Charlottetown Lunatic Asylum, and the Treatment of Mental Illness -- Coda: Portrait of an Island Doctor -- Chronological Outline of Mackieson’s Career -- The Formulary: Therapeutic Agents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on a study of two casebooks, which include Dr Mackieson records for 257 patients with a variety of illnesses seen from 1826 to 1858 and 115 patients with mental illness seen from 1868 to 1874, two manuscripts, and a diary, David Shephard illustrates the wide variety of representative cases in Dr Mackieson's career and situates his work in the context of medical practice at the time. The book will interest a variety of readers, including general historians, medical |
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historians, social historians, historians with an interest in the Atlantic provinces, physicians, and academic libraries. |
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