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  • Old English Patent Medicines in America

    de George B. Griffenhagen; James Harvey Young ...
    "Old English Patent Medicines in America" by George B. Griffenhagen and James Harvey Young explores the fascinating history of patent medicines that were popular in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The authors delve into the origins of these remedies, many of which were marketed with extravagant claims and often contained questionable ingredients. Through meticulous ... Leer más

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  • Drug Supplies in the American Revolution

    de George B. Griffenhagen ...
    "Drug Supplies in the American Revolution" by George B. Griffenhagen explores the critical role that pharmaceuticals and medical supplies played during the American Revolutionary War. The book delves into the challenges faced by the Continental Army in securing adequate medical provisions, highlighting the logistical difficulties and the impact of supply shortages on troop health and morale. ... Leer más

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  • Old English Patent Medicines in America

    Enriched edition. Exploring British Remedies in American Society

    de George B. Griffenhagen, James Harvey Young, Griffin Ellmouth ...
    Old English Patent Medicines in America is a fascinating anthology that traverses the intricate landscape of medical remedies, showcasing a diverse array of themes from quackery and consumerism to the evolution of pharmaceutical regulation. This collection offers an insightful look into the historical context of patent medicines, illuminating the blend of pseudoscience and burgeoning medical ... Leer más

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  • Drug Supplies in the American Revolution

    de George B. Griffenhagen ...
    • illustrations• a linked Table of Contents and FootnotesCONTENTSCONTINENTAL MEDICINE CHESTSTREASON, POISON, AND SIEGEFROM BAD TO WORSE"MEDICINES—NONE"PRIVATEERS TO THE RESCUEBRISK BUSINESS IN BOSTONTHE SITUATION IMPROVESVALLEY FORGE ... Leer más

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    David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

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    Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionA New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionThe untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to ... Leer más

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  • Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

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    Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie - This posthumously published autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is a very well written and interesting accounts of the life of one of the wealthiest self-made men in American history. The industrialist and philanthropist lived his life according the following dictum: spend the first third of your life getting all the education you can; spend the next ... Leer más

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  • Revolutionary Medicine

    The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health

    de Jeanne E Abrams ...
    An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America.Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious diseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of social status. Concerns over health affected ... Leer más

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  • Frederick Douglass in Ireland

    de Laurence Fenton ...
    'When we strove to blot out the stain of slavery and advance the rights of man,' President Obama declared in Dublin in 2011, 'we found common cause with your struggle against oppression. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave and our great abolitionist, forged an unlikely friendship right here in Dublin with your great liberator, Daniel O'Connell.' Frederick Douglass arrived in Ireland in the summer ... Leer más

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  • Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic

    Health Care in Early America

    de Elaine G. Breslaw ...
    Health in early America was generally good. The food was plentiful, the air and water were clean, and people tended to enjoy strong constitutions as a result of this environment. Practitioners of traditional forms of health care enjoyed high social status, and the cures they offered—from purging to mere palliatives—carried a powerful authority. Consequently, most American doctors felt little need ... Leer más

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  • Benjamin Franklin in London

    The British Life of America's Founding Father

    de George Goodwin ...
    Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    An "enthralling" chronicle of the nearly two decades the statesman, scientist, inventor, and Founding Father spent in the British imperial capital (BBC Radio 4, Book of the Week).For more than a fifth of his life, Benjamin Franklin lived in London. He dined with prime ministers, members of parliament, even kings, as well as with Britain's most esteemed intellectuals—including David Hume, Joseph ... Leer más

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  • The Curious Cures Of Old England

    Eccentric treatments, outlandish remedies and fearsome surgeries for ailments from the plague to the pox

    de Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Did you know that a child can be cured of the whooping cough by passing it under the belly of a donkey?The history of medicine in Britain is filled with the most bizarre and gruesome cures for many common ailments. Although enthusiastically supported by doctors of the time, many of these cures were often useless and often resulted in the death of the patient.But strange and alarming though many of ... Leer más

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  • Marketplace of the Marvelous

    The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine

    de Erika Janik ...
    An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a pointDespite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods such as induced vomiting and bleeding, blistering, and sweating patients. Facing such horrors, many patients ran with open arms to burgeoning practices promising new ... Leer más

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