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An American health dilemma: A medical history of African Americans and the problem of race: Beginnings to 1900 (Routledge, 2012). Deutsch, Albert. The mentally ill in America-A History of their care and treatment from colonial times (1937). Duffy, John. From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine (2nd ed. 1993) Duffy, John.
Pages in category "History of medicine in the United States" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dr. Welch and Medical History. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 1950; 24: 325–332. The Unique Influence of the Johns Hopkins University on American Medicine. Copenhagen 1953, Ejnar Munksgaard. The History of Nursing. An Interpretation of the Social and Medical Factors Involved, 1959; Medicine and Society in America, 1660–1860, 1960
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-215173-1. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge History of Medicine (2006); 416pp; excerpt and text search. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search
In Colonial America, local doctors, midwives, healers and even officials administered medical care to the residents in their village or town. [2] There was no distinction between physicians and surgeons; when an emergency occurred the person who was responsible for administering medical care was expected to handle all aspects of the problem. [2]
The history of medicine is the study and documentation of the evolution of medical treatments, practices, and knowledge over time. Medical historians often draw from other humanities fields of study including economics, health sciences , sociology, and politics to better understand the institutions, practices, people, professions, and social ...
In 1991 the American Association for the History of Medicine gave Duffy its Lifetime Achievement Award for the History of Medicine. [8] Duffy received the Literary Award of the Louisiana Library Association for the first volume of his two volume series, the Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana. [1]
It is the largest society dedicated to medical history in the United States, and the oldest such organization in North America.It was established in 1925 as the American Section of the International Society for the History of Medicine, and obtained its current name in 1958.