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" Health and wellness in 19th-century America / "
John C. Waller.
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BL
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875309
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Waller, John,1972-
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Health and wellness in 19th-century America /\ John C. Waller.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Barbara, California :: Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,, [2014]
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, ©2014
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Health and wellness in daily life
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xiv, 287 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0313380449
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: 9780313380440
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0313380457
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9780313380457
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index.
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| Contents
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Factors in health and wellness -- Education and training : learned and nonlearned -- Faith, religion, and medicine -- Women's health -- The health of children and infants -- Infectious disease -- Occupational health and dangerous trades -- Surgery, dentistry, and orthopedics -- The brain and mental disorders -- The pharmacopeia -- War and health -- Institutional facilities -- Disease, healing, and the arts.
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"This book provides a comprehensive description of what being sick and receiving "medical care" was like in 19th-century America, allowing modern readers to truly appreciate the scale of the improvements in healthcare theory and practice"--
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Medical care-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Medicine-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Public health-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Ärztliche Behandlung
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Gesundheitswesen
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HISTORY-- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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HISTORY-- United States-- 19th Century.
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Medical care.
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Medicine.
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Medizin
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Public health.
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History of Medicine.
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Disease-- ethnology.
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History, 19th Century.
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History, 20th Century.
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Public Health-- history.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1
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R151.W35 2014
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2014 L-836
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WZ 70 AA1
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HIS036040HIS038000bisacsh
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