S. Weir Mitchell, 1829–1914 Philadelphia's Literary Physician

This modern biography provides a comprehensive and balanced view of a legendary figure in American medicine. Controversial because of his fierce fight against women’s rights, Mitchell achieved stunning success through his experimentation with venomous snakes, treatment of Civil War soldiers with pha...

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Main Author:	Cervetti, Nancy
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, PA Pennsylvania State University Press 2012 Penn State University Press
Edition:	1
Series:	Penn State Series in the History of the Book
Subjects:	1829-1914 1829–1914: S. Weir Mitchell Andrew Carnegie Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical Charlotte Perkins Gilman Civil War Edith Wharton Gender Studies history HISTORY / United States / 19th Century History Pennsylvania History, 19th Century History, 19th Century > Philadelphia History, 20th Century History, 20th Century > Philadelphia Jacobi Walt Whitman Jane Addams Literature Literature > history > Philadelphia Mary Putnam Medical Mitchell, S. Weir Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 Nancy Cervetti Neurology Neurology > history > Philadelphia Oliver Wendell Holmes Philadelphia Physicians Physicians > Philadelphia > Biography Physicians-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Biography S. Weir Mitchell Silas Weir SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies the Mid-Atlantic The Yellow Wall-paper Turner’s Lane Hospital William Osler Winifred Howells History Pennsylvania Andrew Carnegie The Yellow Wall-paper Nancy Cervetti Mary Putnam Jane Addams William Osler Civil War Winifred Howells Jacobi Walt Whitman Edith Wharton S. Weir Mitchell 1829–1914: S. Weir Mitchell Charlotte Perkins Gilman Oliver Wendell Holmes Turner’s Lane Hospital the Mid-Atlantic
ISBN:	9780271054032, 0271054034, 0271060042, 9780271060040
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