Title Lotions, potions, pills, and magic : health care in early America / Elaine Breslaw.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	362.1 BR	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.
Contents	Columbian Exchange -- Epidemics -- Tools of the Trade -- Abundance -- Wartime -- New Nation -- Giving Birth -- The Face of Madness -- Democratic Medicine -- Public Health -- Conclusion.
Subject	Medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Medical care -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Physicians -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Physicians -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Public health -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Public health -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
	Delivery of Health Care -- history -- United States.
	History of Medicine -- United States.
	History, 18th Century -- United States.
	History, 19th Century -- United States.
	Medicine, Traditional -- history -- United States.
	Physicians -- history -- United States.
ISBN	9780814787175 cloth alkaline paper
	0814787177 cloth alkaline paper
	9780814787182 (e-book)
	0814787185 (e-book)
	9780814739389 (e-book)
	0814739385 (e-book)

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