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Author Younker, J. Marin, author.

Title Bleed, blister, puke, and purge : the dirty secrets behind early American medicine / J. Marin Younker.

Publication Info. San Francisco, CA : Zest Books, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Teen  TEEN 610.973 YOU    Storage
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Young Adult  YA610.973 YOUNKER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 610.973 YOU    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Historical Non-Fiction 973 YOU    Check Shelf
Description 110 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Medicine in the new old world -- Two steps forward, one step back -- Anesthesia and Civil War medicine -- The death of heroic medicine.
Summary Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge exposes the extraordinary practices and major players of American medical history, from the colonial era to the late 1800s.
Subject Medicine -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Medicine -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9781942186328
1942186320
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