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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Prologue: One of the Best and Truest Men in the Profession; 1. The Age of Jackson Begins; 2. Medicine in the Age of Jackson; 3. Regular Medicine's Choice; 4. Becoming a Doctor; 5. A Disease of Perennial Interest; 6. Practice and Politics; 7. Duty, Honor, Country, Statehood; 8. Army Medicine and Public Health; 9. Medical Organizing; 10. His Lucid and Graceful Pen; 11. A Particularly Challenging Year; 12. The Moral High Ground; 13. Going It Alone; 14. Medical Licensure Becomes a Public Health Problem; 15. Reeves' Legislative Triumph |
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16. The Eminent Domain of Sanitary Science17. Going South; 18. Koch's Rivals; 19. Professional Indifference to Professional Enemies; Epilogue: Medical Professionalism; Chapter Notes; Bibliography of Selected Sources; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reeves, James E. (James Edmund), 1829-1896 -- Health.
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Medicine -- United States -- Biography.
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Medicine. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Medicine -- United States -- History -- Biography.
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History. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. |
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Atlases. |
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MEDICAL -- Essays. |
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. |
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. |
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Health. |
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Autobiography.
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Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781476636221 (electronic book) |
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1476636222 (electronic book) |
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9781476676364 |
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1476676364 |
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