Private practice in the early twentieth-century medical office of Dr. Richard Cabot / Christopher Crenner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crenner, Christopher, 1961-

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabot, Richard C. (Richard Clarke), 1868-1939--Career in medicine.

Cabot, Richard C.

Cabot, Richard C. (Richard Clarke), 1868-1939.

Medicine--Practice--United States--20th century.

Medicine.

Physicians (General practice)--United States--History--19th century.

Physicians (General practice).

Physician and patient.

Private Practice--history.

History.

Medicine--Practice.

United States.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.

History, 20th Century.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Private Practice--history.

United States.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.

History, 20th Century.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

xv, 303 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2005]

Summary:

The beginning of the twentieth century marked the rise of advanced medical technologies, allowing doctors to diagnose and treat diseases in new ways. Although American physicians accepted the validity of the new science of medicine, they were sometimes reluctant to trust technology over their professional judgment or intuition. Likewise, patients raised their own suspicions about the new scientific tools, sometimes resisting or contradicting the advice of their physicians.

Here Christopher Crenner examines a critical period in medical history, focusing on the office practice of Boston physician Richard Cabot. Intimate epistolary exchanges between Cabot and his patients shed light on the challenges presented by the new technologies -- especially their impact on the personal relationships between doctor and patient -- providing insight into a time of expanding science and radical change.

Contents:

The persuasiveness of a scientific doctor

The organization of a private office

The diagnosis of hidden disease

Treatment

Nervous disease and personal identity

Medical care for the dying, in principle and in fact

From Cabot's day to ours.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

080188117X

OCLC:

56592003

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