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Author : C. Keith Wilbur
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 0762774614
Chronicles the treatments and theories of American medicine in the 18th century.
Author : Jeanne E Abrams
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780814759363
An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America. Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one’s life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected the Founding Fathers and their families as it did slaves, merchants, immigrants, and everyone else in North America. As both victims of illness and national leaders, the Founders occupied a unique position regarding the development of public health in America. Historian Jeanne E. Abrams’s Revolutionary Medicine refocuses the study of the lives of George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, and James and Dolley Madison away from politics to the perspective of sickness, health, and medicine. For the Founders, republican ideals fostered a reciprocal connection between individual health and the “health” of the nation. Studying the encounters of these American Founders with illness and disease, as well as their viewpoints about good health, not only provides a richer and more nuanced insight into their lives, but also opens a window into the practice of medicine in the eighteenth century, which is at once intimate, personal, and first hand. Today’s American public health initiatives have their roots in the work of America’s Founders, for they recognized early on that government had compelling reasons to shoulder some new responsibilities with respect to ensuring the health and well-being of its citizenry—beginning the conversation about the country’s state of medicine and public healthcare that continues to be a work in progress.
Author : Mary C. Gillett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015000805450
Appendices include laws and legislation concerning the Army Medical Department. Maps include those of territories and frontiers and Continental Army hospital locations. Illustrations are chiefly portraits.
Author : Jeanne E. Abrams
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479880577
Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected the founding fathers and their families as it did slaves, merchants, immigrants, and everyone else in North America. As both victims of illness and national leaders, the founders occupied a unique position regarding the development of public health in America. This work refocuses the study of the lives of George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, and James and Dolley Madison away from the usual lens of politics to the unique perspective of sickness, health, and medicine in their era. For the founders, republican ideals fostered a reciprocal connection between individual health and the 'health' of the nation. Studying the encounters of these American founders with illness and disease, as well as their viewpoints about good health, not only provides us with insight into their lives, but also opens a first-hand window into the practice of medicine in the eighteenth century. Perhaps most importantly, today's American public health initiatives have their roots in the work of America's founders, for they recognized early on that government had compelling reasons to shoulder some new responsibilities with respect to ensuring the health and well-being of its citizenry. The state of medicine and public healthcare today is still a work in progress, but these founders played a significant role in beginning the conversation that shaped the contours of its development.--Publisher information.
Author : Oscar Reiss, M.D.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781476604954
Nearly nine times as many died from diseases during the American Revolution as did from wounds. Poor diet, inadequate sanitation and sometimes a lack of basic medical care caused such diseases as dysentery, scurvy, typhus, smallpox and others to decimate the ranks. Scurvy was a major problem for both the British and American navies, while venereal diseases proved to be a particularly vexing problem in New York. Respiratory diseases, scabies and other illnesses left nearly 4,000 colonial troops unable to fight when George Washington’s troops broke camp at Valley Forge in June 1778. From a physician’s perspective, this is a unique history of the American Revolution and how diseases impacted the execution of the war effort. The medical histories of Washington and King George III are also provided.
Author : David Boyd Haycock,Sally Archer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1843835223
Examines a wide range of aspects of health and medicine in maritime and imperial settings during the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:30000010712051
Author : Carol Sue Humphrey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313377334
This book describes the everyday lives of people during the American Revolution as they adapted to the political and military conflicts of the time. Students studying the American Revolutionary War learn primarily about battles and how independence from the British was achieved. In Voices of Revolutionary America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life, readers get the largely untold story of the American Revolution: the ongoing issues and details of life in the background, behind the battles. This book surveys the entirety of the Revolutionary era, describing topics like marriage, childbirth, learning a trade, cost of living, slavery, and religion in the late 18th century. While some documents from the 1760s and early 1770s are provided to present general information about life, the book focuses on the years of the war from 1775 to 1783 and describes how the prolonged conflict impacted people's day-to-day lives.
Author : Richard L. Blanco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000281019
This definitive encyclopedia, originally published in 1983 and now available as an ebook for the first time, covers the American Revolution, comes in two volumes and contains 865 entries on the war for American independence. Included are essays (ranging from 250 to 25,000 words) on major and minor battles, and biographies of military men, partisan leaders, loyalist figures and war heroes, as well as strong coverage of political and diplomatic themes. The contributors present their summaries within the context of late 20th Century historiography about the American Revolution. Every entry has been written by a subject specialist, and is accompanied by a bibliography to aid further research. Extensively illustrated with maps, the volumes also contain a chronology of events, glossary and substantial index.
Author : Paulette Snoby RN BSN MPA
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781491726815
The American Civil War is often studied because of its battles, but people tend to ignore how it helped revolutionize the medical field. Bloodshed on the battlefield and the spread of disease led to advances in medical decision making and clinical knowledge. The war also triggered the birth of the nursing profession, the organization of the American health system, and the clinical usage of diagnostic equipment in approaches to disease management. Author Paulette Snoby, a registered nurse and award-winning research nurse, examines primary and secondary sources to show how medical treatments advanced during wartime, focusing on the explosion of innovation during the Civil War. By examining case histories, soldier and surgeon diaries, cemetery records, and other sources, she highlights important medical advances and also explores how African slaves in the South were cared for differently from the general population. A thorough scholarly study, Aprils Revolution offers information on slave infirmaries, early herbal remedies used by the slave population, and a better understanding of how our nations past wars affect the history of medicine.
Author : Bob Zebroski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317413332
Pharmacy has become an integral part of our lives. Nearly half of all 300 million Americans take at least one prescription drug daily, accounting for $250 billion per year in sales in the US alone. And this number doesn't even include the over-the-counter medications or health aids that are taken. How did this practice become such an essential part of our lives and our health? A Brief History of Pharmacy: Humanity's Search for Wellness aims to answer that question. As this short overview of the practice shows, the search for well-being through the ingestion or application of natural products and artificially derived compounds is as old as humanity itself. From the Mesopotamians to the corner drug store, Bob Zebroski describes how treatments were sought, highlights some of the main victories of each time period, and shows how we came to be people who rely on drugs to feel better, to live longer, and look younger. This accessible survey of pharmaceutical history is essential reading for all students of pharmacy.
Author : Gill Davies
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448847969
Timeline that spans the history of medicine, from the prehistoric trepanning of skulls to modern microsurgery.
Author : Martin Howard
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399084857
The American Revolutionary War, fought 250 years ago between Britain’s North American colonies and the British colonial government, was a conflict of global significance. It had a profound influence on the history of the United States, Britain and the wider world, and an enormous body of literature has been devoted to the subject. Yet there is no comprehensive account of the military medicine practiced during the war, which is why this thorough, graphic and highly readable study by Martin Howard is so timely and valuable. His account describes the medical story of the War between Lexington and Yorktown in absorbing detail. He covers the key military events, the medicine and surgery of the period, and the medical departments of the opposing armies. The narrative is enriched by the vivid eyewitness testimonies of soldiers, doctors, and civilians. Previously neglected topics such as biological warfare and the impact of disease on black soldiers and the Native American population are explored. The human toll of epidemic disease had a significant impact on the outcome of the war and vital lessons were learnt. The war was associated with improvements in military medicine and the professionalization of American medicine. Martin Howard’s ambitious work will be stimulating reading for all students of the American Revolutionary War, particularly those with a special interest in the history of medicine.
Author : Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822547171
Chronicles the American Revolution, including the causes, strategies, and characters of the war, both famous and lesser-known.
Author : Robert John Moore,Michael Haynes
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : 9781560372387
When the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed a continent in 1803 to 1806, they started out in U.S. Army uniforms, which gradually had to be replaced with simple leather garments. For parts of those uniforms, only a single drawing, pattern, or example survives. Historian Moore and artist Haynes have researched archives and museums to locate and verify what the men wore, and Haynes has painted and sketched the clothing in scenes of the trip. Also included are Indian styles the men adopted, and the wardrobes of the Creole interpreters and the French boatmen. Weapons and accessories round out this complete record of what the expedition wore or carried--and why. A great reference for artists, living history performers, museums, and military historians.
