Title |
Frontier medicine from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
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Names |
Dary, David.
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Book Number |
DB068701
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Investigates medical treatments in North America since the arrival of the Europeans. Details the Spanish, French, and English reliance on bleeding and purging as well as the Native American herbal cures. Studies the role of midwives, medicine men, and surgeons and their use of home remedies, surgery, and quackery. 2008.
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Narrator |
Harpenau, Lou.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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History - HST
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History, United States - HUS
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History - North America - HWN
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Medicine & Health - MED
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History - Indian/Native American history - HUSI
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Medicine - United States - History
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Call Number |
610.973 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. 9780307263452
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