From snake oil to medicine : pioneering public health / R. Alton Lee.
From snake oil to medicine : pioneering public health / R. Alton Lee.
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N362.1092/2
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English
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xi, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The wild West -- Ch. 2. Promoting public health -- Ch. 3. Confronting the great white scourge -- Ch. 4. Improving child health -- Ch. 5. Fighting the Great War at home -- Ch. 6. The civilized East -- Ch. 7. Conclusions.
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
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Connecticut
Date Published
2007.
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"From Snake Oil to Medicine tells an almost unbelievable story about America's past. It is a story about a trusting public, about the "snake oil" salesmen who took advantage of their innocence, and about pioneering scientists like Samuel J. Crumbine, M.D., who tried to end practices that, at best, wasted money and, at worst, threatened public healt...
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From snake oil to medicine : pioneering public health / R. Alton Lee.
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Healing society : disease, medicine, and history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-223) and index.
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N362.1092/2
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74VK7JXAA5Qd
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0275994678 (alk. paper)
9780275994679 (alk. paper)
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362.1092 B
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991022774659702626
