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.
"Pennsylvania medical men of the American Revolution and era" : a history of the Revolution and era told through the lives of those who lived and made that history
Some of the chapters: Educating the Revolutionary physician --- Quality of care --- The Hospital --- No Shortage of Theories --- Basic Treatments --- Epidemics --- Routine Camp Ailments --- The Army Apothecary (medicines ) --- Surgery --- Notes on Fractures (techniques) --- Notes on Amputations --- Notes on Trepanning--- ---European Medicine
Summary
"In 1775, when the staggering medical crisis known as the Revolutionary War exploded, less than 12 percent of the colonies' practicing physicians held a medical degree. And those few with degrees had graduated without ever seeing a patient. Here are their struggles, their strategies, their odd treatments, and their theories. From makeshift ambulances and wigwam hospitals to herbal drugs and "cookbook" doctoring, this fascinating chronicle of the crusade against disease underscores the ingeniousness of America's most daring fighting men." [from Barnes and Noble]
