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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795773003321

Autore

Hutchinson Dale L.

Titolo

American health and wellness in archaeology and history / / Dale L. Hutchinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-8130-6727-8

0-8130-5799-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 pages)

Collana

Florida scholarship online

Classificazione

SOC003000SOC002010

Disciplina

362.10973

Soggetti

Medicine - United States - History

Medical care - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2022.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. American Health and the Colonial Years: 1600- -- Faith, Religion, and Healing in Colonial America -- Domestic Health Care and Informal Specialists -- Part II. Growing Pains: The Emergence of Specialized Medicine; 1750- -- The Rise of Institutional Care -- Licenses and Liabilities: Medical Training Becomes Formal -- Suspect Specialists -- Part III. Reformation and Reconstruction: 1850- -- The Civil War and the Reformation of American Medicine -- Ventilation, Germs, and Hygiene: The Post Civil War Reform -- Hospital Reformation and Redirection -- Part IV. The Road to Well-Being: 1850- -- Self-Help Meets Regulation: Patent Medicines, Personal Care, and Professional Regulation -- Making Oneself Better: Vitamins, Diet, Exercise, and Other Fads -- Conclusion: The Road to Wellness

Sommario/riassunto

This volume traces the history of American healthcare and wellbeing from the colonial era to the present, drawing on evidence from material culture and historical documents to offer insights into the longstanding tension between traditional and institutionalized cures, as well as the emergence of the country's unique brand of medical consumerism.