Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic: Health Care in Early America

by Elaine G. Breslaw

Book Overview

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 to keep up with Europe's medical advances relying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814787177
• ISBN13: 9780814787175
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"