Patients' Voices in Early 19th-Century Virginia (review)

Unlike many practitioners awash in a sea of competitors, mysterious and intractable ailments, and difficult access to medicines and new knowledge, the Carmichaels seem to have made a financial success of their calling, and the letters collected here (which include some correspondence from medical co...

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Published in:Bulletin of the history of medicine 2007-07, Vol.81 (2), p.436-437
Main Author: Stowe, Steven M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American history
Epistolography
Letters
Patients
Physicians
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Summary:Unlike many practitioners awash in a sea of competitors, mysterious and intractable ailments, and difficult access to medicines and new knowledge, the Carmichaels seem to have made a financial success of their calling, and the letters collected here (which include some correspondence from medical colleagues) show with striking clarity how doctors in this era acted as experienced craftsmen.
ISSN:0007-5140
1086-3176
1086-3176
1896-3176
DOI:10.1353/bhm.2007.0052