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Cervetti Nancy <1947-> |
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Titolo |
S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / / Nancy Cervetti |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-271-05916-8 |
0-271-06005-0 |
0-271-05818-8 |
0-271-06004-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Collana |
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Penn State series in the history of the book |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physicians - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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. [277]-285) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Family matters -- Letters home -- The young physiologist -- War's awful harvest -- Wind and tide -- Pandora's box -- The apple or the rose -- The literary physician -- Combat zones -- Great doctor, poet, and salmon killer -- Winter's sorrow -- The new century. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie"--Provided by publisher. |
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