S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / Nancy Cervetti.
S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / Nancy Cervetti.
S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / Nancy Cervetti.
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Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.
Call Numbers
N610.92/72
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Family matters -- Letters home -- The young physiologist -- War's awful harvest -- Wind and tide -- Pandora's box -- The apple or the rose -- The literary physician -- Combat zones -- Great doctor, poet, and salmon killer -- Winter's sorrow -- The new century.
Publication information
Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
c2012.
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Summary
"A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie"--Provided by publisher.
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S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / Nancy Cervetti.
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Penn State series in the history of the book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2012.
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N610.92/72
Record Identifier
74VvjNRNGoBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjNRNGoBA
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ISBN
0271054034 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271054032 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
610.92 B
MMS ID
991015219839702626
