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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shephard, David A. E.

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 20.

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mackieson, John, 1795-1885.

Mackieson, John.

Physicians--Prince Edward Island--Biography.

Physicians.

Medicine, Rural--Prince Edward Island--History--19th century.

Medicine, Rural.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 187 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86103-4

9786612861031

0-7735-7093-4

OCLC:

929121773