American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century

From Sects to Science

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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In American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century, William G. Rothstein sombines sociological with historical analysis to explain the devlopment of the medical profession in nineteenth-century America. After describing how medicine first became a full-time vocation early in the nineteenth century, Rothstein examines the founding of medical schools and societies, regulatory efforts, and the development of "heroic medicine" as the accepted form of medical practice. But widespread public opposition to heroic medicine soon led to the rise of rival sets such as the botanics, who were popular among the rural population, and the homeopaths, who appealed to the urban upper classes. Excluded from the regular ranks of the medical profession, both sects organized their own schools and professional societies. As Rothstein explains, it was the advent of scientific medicine, with its breakthroughs in surgery and other medical specialties, public health, and bacteriology, that put an end to medical sectarianiam and commercialism. The new laboratory science could at last prove—or disprove—the theories and practices of the major sects.

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Utgivningsdatum1992-04-26
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt539 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801844270

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Preface to the 1992 editionPrefacePart I. Method of Analysis and Colonial AntecedentsChapter 1. Plan of AnalysisChapter 2. Prologue: The Colonial PeriodPart II. The Regular Profession in the First Half of the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 3. Medical Practice Among PhysiciansChapter 4. Medical Societies and Medical LicensingChapter 5. Medical EducationChapter 6. Relations Between Medical Schools and Medical SocietiesPart III. The Rebellion Against the Regular Medical ProfessionChapter 7. The Thomsonian MovementChapter 8. The Rise of HomeopathyPart IV. The Institutionalization of Medical SectsChapter 9. The Therapeutics of the Regular Sect After the Civil WarChapter 10. Stratification and Specialization in the Regular Medical Profession After the Civil WarChapter 11. The Eclectic Sect: Successor to Botanical MedicineChapter 12. The Homeopathic SectPart V. The Rise of Scientific MedicineChapter 13. The Beginnings of Scientific Medicine: SurgeryChapter 14. Bacteriology and the Medical ProfessionChapter 15. Developments in Medical Education After the Civil WarChapter 16. The Death of Sectarian MedicineAppendix I. Founding Dates of Important Local and State Regular Medical Societies in Selected States Before the Civil WarAppendix II. Medical Licensing Legislation in Selected States Before the Civil WarAppendix III. Sources of Citations Given in Appendices I and IIAppendix IV. Enumerations of Physicians, 185901900Index

[According to a survey of medical historians] the most important book of the past decade was William G. Rothstein's American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century. Reviews in American History Rothstein's approach is significantly different from the traditional one... he has produced a useful and stimulating work. British Journal of the History of Science A very readable book that will be of value to anyone interested in nineteenth-century medicine. Taken with the existing works on the majors sects, Professor Rothstein has made a significant contribution to the field of medical history. Journal of the History of Medicine