Island doctor [[electronic resource] ] : John Mackieson and medicine in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island / / David A.E. Shephard

• Autore: Shephard David A. E
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: xxviii, 187 p. : ill., ports. ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 610/.92
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 historians, social historians, historians with an interest in the Atlantic provinces, physicians, and academic libraries.
• Titolo autorizzato: Island doctor
• ISBN: 1-282-86103-4; 9786612861031; 0-7735-7093-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782077703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; ; 20.