Island doctor : John Mackieson and medicine in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island / David A.E. Shephard

"Dr. John Mackieson practiced medicine in Prince Edward Island from 1821 to 1885. Island Doctor offers an intimate look at the work of this "ordinary" physician and a fascinating glimpse of the practice of medicine in the nineteenth century. Using two of Mackieson's casebooks, which include records for 257 patients with a variety of illnesses seen from 1826 to 1858 and 115 patients with mental illness seen from 1868 to 1874, as well as two manuscripts and his diary, David Shephard illustrates the wide variety of representative cases in Mackieson's career and situates his work in the context of medical practice at the time."--Jacket.

Appendix A: Chronological Outline of Mackieson's CareerAppendix B: The Formulary: Therapeutic Agents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Scotsman Settles in Prince Edward Island -- 2 Social, Family, and Professional Life in Charlottetown -- 3 Health and Illness in Nineteenth-Century Prince Edward Island: Mackieson's Practice in Medicine -- 4 A Nineteenth-Century Surgical Practice -- 5 The Perils of Childbearing in the Nineteenth Century: Mackieson and Obstetrical Care -- 6 Ministering to a Mind Diseased: Mackieson, the Charlottetown Lunatic Asylum, and the Treatment of Mental Illness -- 7 Coda: Portrait of an Island Doctor.

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

c2003

Erschienen:

Montreal Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press ; c2003

Reproduktion:

Online-Ausg.

Reihe:

McGill-Queen's - 20

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine - 20

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shephard, David A. E. [Sonstige Person]

Links:

search.ebscohost.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-0-7735-7093-1

0-7735-7093-4

Themen:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Medical
Biographies
Biography
Electronic books
HISTORY ; Canada ; General
History
History, 19th Century
History of Medicine
Mâedecine rurale
Mâedecins
Médecine rurale
Médecine rurale ; Île-du-Prince-Édouard ; Histoire ; 19e siècle
Médecins
Médecins ; Île-du-Prince-Édouard ; Biographies
MEDICAL ; Physicians
Mackieson, John
Mackieson, John 1795-1885
Medicine, Rural
Medizin
Physicians
Physicians, Family
Prince Edward Island
Rural Health Services

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index. - Description based on print version record

Umfang:

Online Ressource (xxviii, 187 p.) ; ill., ports.

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1654826197