S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / / Nancy Cervetti

• Autore: Cervetti Nancy <1947->
• Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8092
• Soggetto topico: Physicians - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914
• ISBN: 0-271-05916-8; 0-271-06005-0; 0-271-05818-8; 0-271-06004-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910479887803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Penn State series in the history of the book.