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Diploma mill : the rise and fall of Dr. John Buchanan and the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania / David Alan Johnson.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks LB 2388 .J64 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, David A., 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania.
- Diploma mills--United States.
- Diploma mills.
- Universities and colleges--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- Medicine--Study and teaching.
- Medicine.
- Buchanan, John, M.D.
- Eclecticism, Historical--history.
- Eclecticism, Historical--education.
- Schools, Medical--history.
- Legislation, Medical--history.
- Fraud--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Universities and colleges--Corrupt practices.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Buchanan, John, M.D.
- Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania.
- Eclecticism, Historical--history.
- Eclecticism, Historical--education.
- Schools, Medical--history.
- Legislation, Medical--history.
- Fraud--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- The story of John Buchanan and the EMC contains unusually dramatic elements more typical of a novel than a work of history but does not undermine its importance. His activities ultimately resulted in stronger medical licensing laws and cast a shadow upon the minority of physicians practicing eclectic medicine. By relating the history of a criminal enterprise arising within the confines of a legitimate medical school, Diploma Mill represents a unique contribution in the literature of 19th-century American medicine.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Prologue
- part 1. Rise. The rise of eclectic medicine
- The rise of the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania
- The rise of Dr. John Buchanan
- part 2. Crises. Year of revelations
- Senat inquiry and a Supreme Court case
- The return of medical licensing laws
- part 3. Fall. John Norris and the Philadelphia Record
- The "death" of John Buchanan
- Trial and imprisonment
- Old tricks and a new career
- Epilogue
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781606353448
- 1606353446
- OCLC:
- 1017590844
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