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Author Duffin, Jacalyn.

Title Langstaff : a nineteenth-century medical life / Jacalyn Duffin.

Publication Info. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Maps""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER ONE: The Making of a Doctor""; ""CHAPTER TWO: The Professional and Social World of a Nineteenth-Century Doctor""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Medical Knowledge in Diagnosis: Physical Signs at the Bedside""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: Medical Knowledge in Therapy: Old Stand-bys, Innovations, and Intangibles""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Patients and Their Diseases: Morbidity and Mortality in Children and Adults""; ""CHAPTER SIX: Lunatics, Dreamers, and Drunks""
""CHAPTER SEVEN: Accidents, Injuries, and Operations: Langstaff's Practice of Surgery""""CHAPTER EIGHT: Birthing and Its Problems in Langstaff's Practice of Obstetrics""; ""CHAPTER NINE: Therapy through Social Action: Lawyers, Politics, and Public Health""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: A Note on Method""; ""Appendix B: Professional Associates of James Miles Langstaff""; ""1 Partners and Medical Students in Langstaff's Practice""; ""2 Women Attendants and 'Nurses' in Langstaff's Practice""; ""3 Medical Colleagues, Location, Qualifications, and Dates""
""Appendix C: Langstaff's Personal Library and Charities""""Appendix D: Langstaff's Properties""; ""Appendix E: Therapies in Langstaff's Daybooks""; ""1 Langstaff's Pharmacopoeia""; ""2 Dietary and Alcohol-Containing Substances""; ""3 Methods of Bleeding""; ""4 Mechanical Methods""; ""Appendix F: Medical Diagnoses in Langstaff's Daybooks""; ""Notes""; ""List of Manuscript and Printed Sources""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Illustration Credits""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""
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Subject Langstaff, James Miles, 1825-1889.
Langstaff, James Miles, 1825-1889.
Langstaff, James Miles, 1825-1889.
Langstaff, James M.
Langstaff, James Miles, 1825-1889.
Langstaff, James M.
Medicine -- Ontario -- Richmond Hill -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine.
Ontario -- Richmond Hill.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Physicians -- Ontario -- Richmond Hill -- Biography.
Physicians.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Physicians.
History of Medicine.
History, 19th Century.
Ontario.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Biography.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Duffin, Jacalyn. Langstaff. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1993 9780802029089 (DLC) 94147960 (OCoLC)28500470
ISBN 9781442676381 (electronic book)
1442676388 (electronic book)
0802029086 (bound)
0802074146 (paperback)
9780802074140