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The Resource Diseases in the district of Maine 1772-1820 : the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England, Richard J. Kahn

Diseases in the district of Maine 1772-1820 : the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England, Richard J. Kahn

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"This previously unpublished primary source allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced two hundred years ago by a rural physician in New England through his case histories, correspondence, biographical sketches, and personal commentary. Throughout his fifty-year practice, beginning with a preceptorship in Hingham, Massachusetts, Jeremiah Barker documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors.""--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiv, 535 pages
Contents
  • Jeremiah Barker : Background, Education, and Writings
  • Obtaining and Sharing Medical Literature, 1780-1820
  • The Old Medicine and the New : why Barker wrote this manuscript, for whom was it written, and why was it not published?
  • "Alkaline Doctor" and "A Dangerous Innovator"
  • Thoughts to Consider While Reading Barker's Manuscript
Isbn
9780190053253
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Diseases in the district of Maine 1772-1820 : the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England
Title
Diseases in the district of Maine 1772-1820
Title remainder
the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England
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Richard J. Kahn
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
"This previously unpublished primary source allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced two hundred years ago by a rural physician in New England through his case histories, correspondence, biographical sketches, and personal commentary. Throughout his fifty-year practice, beginning with a preceptorship in Hingham, Massachusetts, Jeremiah Barker documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors.""--
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individual biography
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Kahn, Richard J.,
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  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1752-1835
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Barker, Jeremiah
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Barker, Jeremiah
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Physicians (General practice)
  • Physicians
  • History of Medicine
  • Medical History Taking
  • Manuscripts, Medical as Topic
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • Maine
  • Barker, Jeremiah
  • Medicine
  • Maine
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Diseases in the district of Maine 1772-1820 : the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England, Richard J. Kahn
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Jeremiah Barker : Background, Education, and Writings -- Obtaining and Sharing Medical Literature, 1780-1820 -- The Old Medicine and the New : why Barker wrote this manuscript, for whom was it written, and why was it not published? -- "Alkaline Doctor" and "A Dangerous Innovator" -- Thoughts to Consider While Reading Barker's Manuscript
Control code
1142935238
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xxiv, 535 pages
Isbn
9780190053253
Lccn
2020009364
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
  • Bates: Title page signed by the author
  • Bowdoin Special Coll. copy with presenation note by the author laid in
  • Colby: Special Collections copy gift of the author, signed on title page. Original dust jacket over black paper boards and copper spine lettering ; archival mylar cover
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1142935238
Label
Diseases in the district of Maine 1772-1820 : the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England, Richard J. Kahn
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Jeremiah Barker : Background, Education, and Writings -- Obtaining and Sharing Medical Literature, 1780-1820 -- The Old Medicine and the New : why Barker wrote this manuscript, for whom was it written, and why was it not published? -- "Alkaline Doctor" and "A Dangerous Innovator" -- Thoughts to Consider While Reading Barker's Manuscript
Control code
1142935238
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xxiv, 535 pages
Isbn
9780190053253
Lccn
2020009364
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
  • Bates: Title page signed by the author
  • Bowdoin Special Coll. copy with presenation note by the author laid in
  • Colby: Special Collections copy gift of the author, signed on title page. Original dust jacket over black paper boards and copper spine lettering ; archival mylar cover
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1142935238

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