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Revolutionary medicine, 1700-1800

Hand-lettered text and detailed drawings accompany this "short retrospective view of medicine two centuries ago, its involvement in the Revolutionary War, and how our earlier physicians met the staggering medical crisis in Washington's army."--Foreword.

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  • "Chronicles the treatments and theories of American medicine in the 18th century."
  • "Hand-lettered text and detailed drawings accompany this "short retrospective view of medicine two centuries ago, its involvement in the Revolutionary War, and how our earlier physicians met the staggering medical crisis in Washington's army."--Foreword."@en
  • "Describes the challenges of treating the sick and wounded during the eighteenth century, covering instruments, medicines, and treatment techniques."
  • "From hair-raising frontier surgery and liquid 'spirit' tranquilizers to 'chew a bullet' anesthetics, here are the eye-opening beginnings of modern American medicine. Now learn the hows and whys behind old-fashioned bloodletting, the do's and don'ts in treating epidemics, procedures for on-the-spot amputations, and how human teeth fit into George Washington's dentures."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "Revolutionary medicine : 1700-1800"
  • "Revolutionary medicine, 1700-1800"
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