| Frontier Medicine: From the ATlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941 Contributor(s): Dary, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307455424 ISBN-13: 9780307455420 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: Packed with fascinating facts about our medical past, Frontier Medicine is an engaging and illuminating history of how our modern medical system came into being. In this intriguing narrative, David Dary charts how American medicine has evolved since New World settlers first began combining European remedies with the traditional practices of the native populations. This is a story replete with colorful characters, from quacks and con artists to heroic healers and ingenious medicine men. With an engaging style and an eye for the telling detail. Dary charts the evolution of American medicine from these trial-and-error roots to its contemporary high-tech, high-cost pharmaceutical and medical industry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - History | North American - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Dewey: 610.973 |
| LCCN: 2009497200 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.28" W x 8.04" (0.83 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this intriguing narrative, David Dary charts how American medicine has evolved since 1492, when New World settlers first began combining European remedies with the traditional practices of the native populations. It's a story filled with colorful characters, from quacks and con artists to heroic healers and ingenious medicine men, and Dary tells it with an engaging style and an eye for the telling detail. Dary also charts the evolution of American medicine from these trial-and-error roots to its contemporary high-tech, high-cost pharmaceutical and medical industry. Packed with fascinating facts about our medical past, Frontier Medicine is an engaging and illuminating history of how our modern medical system came into being. |