Portrait of the colonial physician.--John Redman, medical preceptor (1722-1808).--Philadelphia medical students in Europe, 1750-1800.--Thomas Parke, physician and friend.--James Hutchinson, physician in politics (1752-1793).--Benjamin Franklin and the practice of medicine.--James Smith and public encouragement of vaccination.--Lives in medicine: biographical dictionaries of Thacher, Williams and Gross.--Joseph M. Toner as a medical historian.--John Morgan: adventures of a biographer.--Adam Cunningham's Atlantic crossing, 1728.--William Shippen's introductory lecture.--Body-snatching in Philadelphia.--An eighteenth century American medical manuscript.--Dr. James Rush on his teachers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-178).
Summary
"Formatted like a dictionary, the terms are listed in alphabetical order and cross-references when necessary. Besides terms related to deseases and their treatment, Dr. Jerger has included many terms related to myth and magic as they weave in and out of the healing arts."
Patrons may also want to consult "What did they mean by that? A dictionary of historical and genealogical terms old and new", LHO call number 929.1 D762.