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Author Younker, J. Marin.

Title Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge : the Dirty Secrets Behind Early American Medicine.

Publication Info. Boston : Zest, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (114 pages)
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Summary Riots over the medical use of cadavers. Public access to institutions for the insane. And full-blown surgeries without the aid of anesthetics or painkillers. Welcome to the middle ages of American medicine. Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge exposes the extraordinary practices and major players of American medical history, from the colonial era to the late 1800s. It's hard to believe that today's cutting-edge medicine originated from such crude beginnings, but this book reminds us to be grateful for today's medical care, while also raising the question: what current medical practices will be the.
Subject Medicine -- United States -- History.
Medicine -- History.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- General.
Medicine. (OCoLC)fst01014893
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Younker, J. Marin. Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge : The Dirty Secrets Behind Early American Medicine. Boston : Zest, ©2016 9781942186328
ISBN 9781942186335 (electronic book)
1942186339 (electronic book)
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