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Sickness and Health in America

Sickness and Health in America Readings in the History of Medicine and Public Health

3rd Edition

Hardback (31 May 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Adds 21 new essays and drops some that appeared in the 1984 edition (first in 1978) to reflect recent scholarship and changes in orientation by historians. Adds entirely new clusters on sickness and health, early American medicine, therapeutics, the art of medicine, and public health and personal hygiene. Other discussions are updated to reflect su

Book information

ISBN: 9780299153205
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint: The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub date:
Edition: 3rd Edition
DEWEY: 362.10973
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 587
Weight: 1157g
Height: 241mm
Width: 184mm
Spine width: 40mm