Midwifery and Medicine in Boston : Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876 / / Amalie M. Kass ; [new foreword by Scott Podolsky, M.D.].
This first biography of the prominent obstetrician vividly depicts the life and career of a multi-faceted man and offers fresh perspectives on medicine, society, and women's reproductive lives in nineteenth-century America. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2002. With a n...
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| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource xviii, 386 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | Reprint of 2002 edition with new foreword. |
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Table of Contents:
- Youth
- Medical studies
- Launching a career, 1811-1822
- Obstetrical practice
- The hospitals
- The education of physicians
- The middle years, 1822-1840
- Puerperal fever
- Obstetrical anesthesia
- Social reform
- "Action of a man's whole nature," 1840-1854
- The medical profession at mid-century
- Retirement and repose.