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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cervetti, Nancy, 1947-

Series:

Penn State series in the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

Physicians.

Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.

Physicians--Philadelphia--Biography.

History, 19th Century--Philadelphia.

History, 20th Century--Philadelphia.

Literature--history--Philadelphia.

Neurology--history--Philadelphia.

Medical Subjects:

Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.

Physicians--Philadelphia--Biography.

History, 19th Century--Philadelphia.

History, 20th Century--Philadelphia.

Literature--history--Philadelphia.

Neurology--history--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

HSP cited source: Portrait of Mary Cadwalader Mitchell (DAMS 6092), Society Portrait collection [V88] (p. 131, fig. 9).

ISBN:

9780271054032 (cloth : alk. paper)

0271054034 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

778040101

Publisher Number:

40021346558