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Exploring American healthcare through 50 historic treasures / Tegan Kehoe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kehoe, Tegan, author.
- Series:
- AASLH exploring America's historic treasures
- Aaslh exploring america's historic treasures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical policy--History.
- Medical policy.
- Medical policy--United States.
- History.
- United States.
- Medical care--United States.
- Medical care.
- Health care reform.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Unwashed Groins and Child Labor: Cancer in the Early Industrial Age p. 5
- 2 George Washington's Toothbrush p. 9
- 3 The Age of the Vaccine p. 13
- 4 No Wrong Way to Eat p. 19
- 5 A Pioneering Operation p. 23
- 6 Healing by a Higher Power p. 27
- 7 Morton's Ether Inhaler and the Advent of Anesthesia p. 31
- 8 Bitters and Irregulars: Alternative Healing in the Nineteenth Century p. 35
- 9 Blood Shed after the Battle: Bleeding Cups p. 41
- 10 Under the Surgeon's Tent: The Physician in the Civil War p. 45
- 11 "Inflammatory Mischief" Meets Antiseptic Techniques p. 49
- 12 Answering the Milk Question p. 53
- 13 Skull Shape and Scientific Racism p. 57
- 14 "Health and Comfort of Body, with Grace and Beauty of Form" p. 61
- 15 East Meets West in the Medicine Cabinet: A Chinese Doctor in America p. 65
- 16 The "Cure" That Wasn't p. 69
- 17 Cocaine the Medicine and the Drug p. 73
- 18 Don Pedrito, a Legendary Healer p. 77
- 19 A Wooden Leg in a Mechanized World p. 81
- 20 A Community Doctor's Legacy p. 85
- 21 Carville, the "Louisiana Leper Home" p. 89
- 22 The Professional Nurse Only p. 93
- 23 The Pandemic of the Century: The 1918 Flu p. 97
- 24 The Bubonic Plague Meets Bacteriology p. 101
- 25 Safe, Simple, Sure? The Power of X-Rays p. 105
- 26 "Are You Playing the Health Game?" p. 109
- 27 The Problem with "Good" Genes p. 113
- 28 Machinery and Machinations p. 117
- 29 Diabetes: A Fatal Disease Becomes Chronic p. 121
- 30 The Tools of a Contested Trade: A Midwife's Kit p. 125
- 31 Sipping on the Sunshine Vitamin p. 129
- 32 Preemie Care beyond the World's Fair p. 133
- 33 The Penicillin Revolution p. 137
- 34 Blood Transfusion Comes of Age p. 141
- 35 Insuring and Ensuring Health p. 145
- 36 Nursing at War p. 149
- 37 The Science and Politics of Inhaling Dust p. 153
- 38 Health Uplifted, Health Upended p. 157
- 39 DDT: The Double-Edged Sword p. 163
- 40 The Iron Lung and the Polio Epidemics p. 167
- 41 Two Eras of Change in Pharmacy p. 171
- 42 More Than a Metaphor: The Straitjacket p. 175
- 43 Changing Ways of Looking at the Gut p. 181
- 44 The Pill's New Era of Choice (For Some) p. 185
- 45 Smoking under Scrutiny p. 189
- 46 Ed Roberts and the Independent Living Movement p. 193
- 47 Bypassing the Heart p. 197
- 48 False Hopelessness or False Hope: The Early Years of AIDS p. 201
- 49 September 11 and Emergency Response p. 205
- 50 Saving Lives amid the Opioid Crisis p. 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kehoe, Tegan. Exploring American healthcare through 50 historic treasures
- ISBN:
- 9781538135471
- 1538135477
- Publisher Number:
- 99989785858
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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