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Bleed, blister, puke, and purge : the dirty secrets behind early American medicine Cover Image Book

Bleed, blister, puke, and purge : the dirty secrets behind early American medicine / J. Marin Younker.

Younker, J. Marin, (author.).

Summary:

Bleed, blister, puke, and purge exposes the extraordinary practices and major players of American medical history, from the colonial era to the late 1800s.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781942186328
  • ISBN: 1942186320
  • Physical Description: 110 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Zest Books, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Medicine in the new old world -- Two steps forward, one step back -- Anesthesia and Civil War medicine -- The death of heroic medicine.

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Subject: Medicine > United States > History > Juvenile literature.

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