03849nam 2200721 a 450 991078207770332120230912175332.01-282-86103-497866128610310-7735-7093-410.1515/9780773570931(CKB)1000000000521393(SSID)ssj0000281012(PQKBManifestationID)11222335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281012(PQKBWorkID)10300817(PQKB)10514634(CaPaEBR)400238(CaBNvSL)gtp00521501 (Au-PeEL)EBL3331341(CaPaEBR)ebr10142014(CaONFJC)MIL286103(OCoLC)929121773(DE-B1597)655846(DE-B1597)9780773570931(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/3zfcbm(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400238(MiAaPQ)EBC3331341(MiAaPQ)EBC3245556(EXLCZ)99100000000052139320041020d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIsland doctor[electronic resource] John Mackieson and medicine in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island /David A.E. ShephardMontreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Pressc2003xxviii, 187 p. ill., ports. ;24 cmMcGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine ;20Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2524-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.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 -- IndexBased 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 historians, social historians, historians with an interest in the Atlantic provinces, physicians, and academic libraries.McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ;20.PhysiciansPrince Edward IslandBiographyMedicine, RuralPrince Edward IslandHistory19th centuryMédecinsÎle-du-Prince-ÉdouardBiographiesMédecine ruraleÎle-du-Prince-ÉdouardHistoire19e sièclePhysiciansMedicine, RuralHistoryMédecinsMédecine ruraleHistoire610/.92Shephard David A. E1514948MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782077703321Island doctor3750434UNINA