Professionalizing medicine : James Reeves and the choices that shaped American health care / John M. Harris, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, John M. (John Malcolm), 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reeves, James E. (James Edmund), 1829-1896--Health.

Reeves, James E.

Medicine--United States--Biography.

Medicine.

Medicine--United States--History--Biography.

Health.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 236 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"This biography of James Edmund Reeves illuminates landmarks of American health care: the troubled introduction of clinical epidemiology and development of botanic medicine and homeopathy, the Civil War's stimulation of sanitary science and hospital medicine, the rise of government involvement, the revolution in laboratory medicine, and the explosive growth of phony cures"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Age of Jackson Begins p. 7

2 Medicine in the Age of Jackson p. 14

3 Regular Medicine's Choice p. 24

4 Becoming a Doctor p. 33

5 A Disease of Perennial Interest p. 38

6 Practice and Politics p. 45

7 Duty, Honor, Country, Statehood p. 54

8 Army Medicine and Public Health p. 63

9 Medical Organizing p. 76

10 His Lucid and Graceful Pen p. 85

11 A Particularly Challenging Year p. 94

12 The Moral High Ground p. 102

13 Going It Alone p. 110

14 Medical Licensure Becomes a Public Health Problem p. 118

15 Reeves' Legislative Triumph p. 128

16 The Eminent Domain of Sanitary Science p. 142

17 Going South p. 150

18 Koch's Rivals p. 157

19 Professional Indifference to Professional Enemies p. 168.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476676364

1476676364

OCLC:

1082959555