03321nam 2200625 450 991045650900332120200520144314.01-282-04554-797866120455471-4426-7638-810.3138/9781442676381(CKB)2430000000001640(OCoLC)666916828(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219329(CaPaEBR)421032(CaBNvSL)thg00604297 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255421(MiAaPQ)EBC4671646(DE-B1597)464580(OCoLC)1013938958(OCoLC)944178017(DE-B1597)9781442676381(Au-PeEL)EBL4671646(CaPaEBR)ebr11257350(OCoLC)958565309(EXLCZ)99243000000000164020160922h19931993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLangstaff a nineteenth-century medical life /Jacalyn DuffinToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1993.©19931 online resource (416 p.) Heritage0-8020-7414-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Making of a Doctor -- Chapter Two. The Professional and Social World of a Nineteenth-Century Doctor -- Chapter Three. Medical Knowledge in Diagnosis: Physical Signs at the Bedside -- Chapter Four. Medical Knowledge in Therapy: Old Stand-bys, Innovations, and Intangibles -- Chapter Five. Patients and Their Diseases: Morbidity and Mortality in Children and Adults -- Chapter Six. Lunatics, Dreamers, and Drunks -- Chapter Seven. Accidents, Injuries, and Operations: Langstaff's Practice of Surgery -- Chapter Eight. Birthing and Its Problems in Langstaff's Practice of Obstetrics -- Chapter Nine. Therapy through Social Action: Lawyers, Politics, and Public Health -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. A Note on Method -- Appendix B. Professional Associates of James Miles Langstaff -- Appendix C. Langstaff's Personal Library and Charities -- Appendix D. Langstaff's Properties -- Appendix E. Therapies in Langstaff's Daybooks -- Appendix F. Medical Diagnoses in Langstaff's Daybooks -- Notes -- List of Manuscript and Printed Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- IndexA unique and readable microhistory of an ordinary physician and his community during a period of revolutionary medical change. Duffin bases her insights on a detailed computer-assisted analysis of 40 years of extant daybooks of James Langstaff (1825-1889).MedicineOntarioRichmond HillHistory19th centuryPhysiciansOntarioRichmond HillBiographyElectronic books.MedicineHistoryPhysicians610/.92Duffin Jacalyn704638MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456509003321Langstaff2471856UNINA