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Revolutionary medicine : the Founding Fathers and mothers in sickness and in health

Title
Revolutionary medicine : the Founding Fathers and mothers in sickness and in health / Jeanne E. Abrams.
Author
Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951-
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2013.

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Description
viii, 306 p. : ill.; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
Contents
Introduction : health and medicine in the era of America's founders -- George and Martha Washington: health, illness, and the First Family -- Benjamin Franklin: a founding father of American medicine -- Abigail and John Adams: partners in sickness and health -- Thomas Jefferson: advocate for healthy living -- Thomas Jefferson: the health of the nation -- Epilogue: evolutionary medicine.
Call Number
IAG 13-6760
ISBN
  • 9780814789193 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0814789196 (cl : alk. paper)
LCCN
2013010673
OCLC
836261466
Author
Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951-
Title
Revolutionary medicine : the Founding Fathers and mothers in sickness and in health / Jeanne E. Abrams.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
Research Call Number
IAG 13-6760
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