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Cyrenius Chapin : Buffalo's First Physician and War of 1812 Hero / Thomas C. Rosenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenthal, Thomas C., author.
- Series:
- Excelsior editions.
- Excelsior Editions Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physicians--New York (State)--Buffalo--Biography.
- Physicians.
- Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--19th century.
- Buffalo (N.Y.).
- Niagara Frontier (N.Y.)--History--War of 1812.
- Niagara Frontier (N.Y.).
- Buffalo (N.Y.)--Biography.
- New York (State). Militia--Officers--Biography.
- New York (State).
- Chapin, Cyrenius, 1769-1838.
- Chapin, Cyrenius.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- America's geographic and ideological frontier as lived by Buffalo's first physician, renegade militia officer, and founding citizen.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Timeline
- Chapter 1 Dr. Chapin and the Niagara Frontier
- Chapter 2 Opportunities on a Knoll Overlooking Lake Erie
- Chapter 3 Religion, Home, and Practice in the Wilderness
- Chapter 4 An Unconventional Federalist
- Chapter 5 Practicing Medicine Before Science
- Chapter 6 Contemporaries, Competition, and Sectarian Chaos
- Chapter 7 Native Americans and Medicine
- Chapter 8 Family, Village, and Community in Buffalo's First Decade
- Chapter 9 Native Americans and the Prelude to War, 1810-1812
- Chapter 10 How to Start a War: 1812
- Chapter 11 Chapin Enters the Fight
- Chapter 12 The Realities of Making War
- Chapter 13 Forty Thieves at War
- Chapter 14 Civilians, Fodder, and War
- Chapter 15 Buffalo Burns
- Chapter 16 In the Aftermath of War, Buffalo Comes of Age
- Chapter 17 Chapin Establishes a County Medical Society, Twice
- Chapter 18 An Agricultural Society and a Buffalo Boom
- Chapter 19 Cholera, 1832
- Chapter 20 The Patriot Wars, Dr. Chapin's Last Stand
- Chapter 21 The Legacy of Cyrenius Chapin
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798855801828
- OCLC:
- 1511105594
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