Doctoring the South: Southern Physicians and Everyday Medicine in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

(Part of the Studies in Social Medicine Series)

by Steven M. Stowe

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Offering a new perspective on medical progress in the nineteenth century, Steven M. Stowe provides an in-depth study of the midcentury culture of everyday medicine in the South. Reading deeply in the personal letters, daybooks, diaries, bedside notes, and published writings of doctors, Stowe illuminates an entire world of sickness and remedy, suffering and hope, and the deep ties between medicine and regional culture.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807828858

ISBN13:9780807828854

Release Date:October 2004

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

19th Century History Medical Medical Books Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Public Affairs & Policy Social Services & Welfare State & Local

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