The Art and Practice of Western Medicine in the Early Nineteenth Century
The Art and Practice of Western Medicine in the Early Nineteenth Century

Author: Carl J. Pfeiffer

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2024-10-18

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1476606021

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"The main problem of leech therapy related to excessive bleeding following the removal of leeches... Another problematical situation was the inadvertent escape of leeches into the throat or stomach." The period 1800 to 1825 saw the beginnings of scientific exploration and debate, most of the basis for later developments. This learned overview provides fascinating information about beliefs in galvanism and bioelectric machinery, blood-letting, cesareans without anesthesia, the influence of weather and the moon, drugs, vaccination, more. Heavily illustrated.

Rethinking American Disasters
Rethinking American Disasters

Author: Cynthia A. Kierner

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2023-04-05

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0807179833

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Rethinking American Disasters is a pathbreaking collection of essays on hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other calamities in the United States and British colonial America over four centuries. Proceeding from the premise that there is no such thing as a “natural” disaster, the collection invites readers to consider disasters and their aftermaths as artifacts of and vantage points onto their historical contexts.