Wisconsin medicine : historical perspectives / edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Judith Walzer Leavitt.

Other author Numbers, Ronald L.
Other author Leavitt, Judith Walzer.
Format Book
Publication InfoMadison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1981.
Descriptionix, 212 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Frontier medicine in the Territory of Wisconsin / Peter T. Harstad -- From horse and buggy to automobile and telephone: medical practice in Wisconsin, 1848-1930 / Guenter B. Risse -- Sectarians and scientists: alternatives to orthodox medicine / Elizabeth Barnaby Keeney, Susan Eyrich Lederer, and Edmond P. Minihan -- Public protection and self-interest: medical societies in Wisconsin / Ronald L. Numbers -- From infirmaries to intensive care: hospitals in Wisconsin / Philip Shoemaker and Mary Van Hulle Jones -- One hundred years of health and healing in rural Wisconsin / Dale E. Treleven -- Health in urban Wisconsin: from bad to better / Judith Walzer Leavitt -- A note on medical education in Wisconsin / Ronald L. Numbers -- Selected sources on the history of medicine in Wisconsin / Deanna Reed Spring.
General noteMap on lining papers.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 185-200.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 80052297
ISBN0299084302 :
ISBN9780299084301

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Laupus Books - Stacks WZ 70 AW6 W8 1981 ✔ Available Place Hold