American Health and Wellness in Archaeology and History.
By: Hutchinson, Dale L.
Material type: BookPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (233 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813057996.Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.10973 Online resources: Click to ViewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Health and Well-Being in America -- Part I. American Health and the Colonial Years, 1600-1750 -- 1. Faith, Religion, and Healing in Colonial America -- 2. Domestic Health Care and Informal Specialists -- Part II. Growing Pains: The Emergence of Specialized Medicine, 1750-1850 -- 3. The Rise of Institutional Care -- 4. Licenses and Liabilities: Medical Training Becomes Formal -- 5. Suspect Specialists -- Part III. Reformation and Reconstruction, 1850-1900 -- 6. The Civil War and the Reformation of American Medicine -- 7. Ventilation, Germs, and Hygiene: The Post-Civil War Reform -- 8. Hospital Reformation and Redirection -- Part IV. The Road to Well-Being, 1850-1900 -- 9. Self-Help Meets Regulation: Patent Medicines, Personal Care, and Professional Regulation -- 10. Making Oneself Better: Vitamins, Diet, Exercise, and Other Fads -- Conclusion: The Road to Wellness -- Epilogue -- References Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
In this book, Dale Hutchinson traces the history of American healthcare and wellbeing from the colonial era to the present, drawing on evidence from material culture and historical documents.
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