Bleed, blister, puke, and purge, the dirty secrets behind early American medicine, J. Marin Younker
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Bleed, blister, puke, and purge, the dirty secrets behind early American medicine, J. Marin Younker
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Bleed, blister, puke, and purge
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bibliography
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932576274
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J. Marin Younker
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the dirty secrets behind early American medicine
Summary
Chronicles the history of medicine in the United States from the Colonial era to the late 1800s, explaining such common practices as tepanning, leeching, and amputation
Table Of Contents
Medicine in the new old world -- Two steps forward, one step back -- Anesthesia and Civil War medicine -- The death of heroic medicine
Target audience
pre adolescent
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