| Description |
1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. American Health and the Colonial Years: 1600- -- Faith, Religion, and Healing in Colonial America -- Domestic Health Care and Informal Specialists -- Part II. Growing Pains: The Emergence of Specialized Medicine; 1750- -- The Rise of Institutional Care -- Licenses and Liabilities: Medical Training Becomes Formal -- Suspect Specialists -- Part III. Reformation and Reconstruction: 1850- -- The Civil War and the Reformation of American Medicine -- Ventilation, Germs, and Hygiene: The Post Civil War Reform -- Hospital Reformation and Redirection -- Part IV. The Road to Well-Being: 1850- -- Self-Help Meets Regulation: Patent Medicines, Personal Care, and Professional Regulation -- Making Oneself Better: Vitamins, Diet, Exercise, and Other Fads -- Conclusion: The Road to Wellness |
| Summary |
"In this book, Dale Hutchinson traces the history of American healthcare and wellbeing from the colonial era to the present, drawing on evidence from material culture and historical documents"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Looking back on this history from the perspective of the contemporary landscape of healthcare and wellness in the United States, Hutchinson points out that weaknesses in the system that became apparent amid the COVID-19 pandemic were the result of changes that have been unfolding since the founding of the nation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medicine -- United States -- History.
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Medicine. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Medical care -- United States -- History.
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Public health -- United States -- History.
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Medical care. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. |
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Public health. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hutchinson, Dale L. American health and wellness in archaeology and history Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2022 9780813069142 (DLC) 2021031888 |
| ISBN |
9780813057996 electronic book |
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081305799X electronic book |
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9780813069142 hardcover |
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