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Book SynopsisIn addition Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States argues that malaria control was central to the evolution of local and federal intervention in public health, and demonstrates the complex interaction between poverty, race, and geography in determining the fate of malaria.Trade ReviewThis is a fresh (and plausible) explanation for the disappearance of another southern germ of laziness, and it is presented in a study that does a fine job of packaging its findings within a richly documented historical context. -- Kenneth F. Kiple Journal of Southern History Margaret Humphrey's monograph on malaria in America has a strong storyline and a well-articulated thesis. It combines modern knowledge of malaria transmission and the genetic basis of resistance with a sound appreciation of the social, geographical and cultural nuances of the disease in American history. -- W.F. Bynum Times Literary Supplement A fascinating story of the spread of malaria through the USA following its introduction in the 17th century, through its greatest geographical coverage in the 19th century. -- Allan Saul Nature Medicine The main purpose of this book is to carry out an in-depth dialogue on the mystery of malaria and its existence in some parts of the world and disappearance in another based on the historical facts... The insight that [this] history provides has enormous value for global health. Doody's Health Sciences Review [ Malaria] is a masterpiece and is recommended reading for anyone involved in or interested in health care. -- Ronald C.HamdyMDFRCPFACP Southern Medical Journal A complex and fascinating story of the social history of malaria. -- Elizabeth Fee American Historical Review Gracefully written, perceptive, and well-documented, it will make historians of medicine, public health, and the social history of the American South grateful for her efforts. Medical History The lack of jargon makes the book accessible to a wide audience. -- Leo B. Slater, PhD Journal of the History of Medicine 2005 Accessible to a wide audience. A great breadth and depth of research underpins each chapter. -- Leo B. Slater Journal of the History of Medicine 2006Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Pestilence That Stalks in DarknessChapter 2. The Mist Rises: Malaria in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 3. Race, Poverty, and PlaceChapter 4. Making Malaria Control ProfitableChapter 5. "A Ditch in Time Saves Quinine?"Chapter 6. Popular Perceptions of Health, Disease, and MalariaChapter 7. DenouementNotesNotes on SourcesIndex

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Johns Hopkins University Press Asklepios Medicine and the Politics of Healing in

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Book SynopsisThe intriguing and sometimes surprising information she presents will be valued by historians of medicine and classicists alike.Trade ReviewWickkiser, by focusing on a single historical event of some significance, has inserted an intriguing new angle to an old debate... In this respect, the present study provides the basis for further research into the significant questions which it raises. -- Konstantinos Kapparis, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2009 Elegantly written, and with a sound command of the original Greek, it provides an excellent introduction to the rise of Asclepius' cult in Athens. It also promotes a clear and challenging thesis. -- Vivian Nutton Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science 2010 This book will be very useful to students and scholars (especially chapters four and five) of medical history, as it is a very clear introduction to the subject and somewhat renews our perspective on the origins of the cult of Asclepios in Athens. -- Caroline Petit Social History of Medicine 2010 Wickkiser freshly appraises our best evidence for the importation of the cult-namely, the Telemachus monument-in order to embed the event in both the space of the city and the local dynamics of power. -- Brooke Holmes Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2010 I have enjoyed reading this work enormously, and would recommend it to anyone seeking a short introduction to Asklepios, or to anyone teaching a course on ancient medicine or ancient 'religion'. -- Laurence Totelin Medical History 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTranslations and AbbreviationsIntroductionCommon Perceptions of Asklepios and His CultThe Current Project1. From Practice to Profession: The Development of Greek Medicine from the Bronze Age to the Fifth Century BCThe Bronze Age and HomerBetween Homer and HippocratesTradition and Change in Fifth-Century MedicineMedicine as a TechneMedicine and Its Limits2. Searching for a Cure: The Limits of Medicine and the Development of Asklepios' CultAlternatives to Medicine: What Doctors CondonedHealing GodsThe Early Development of Asklepios' CultThe Popularity of Asklepios and His Healing3. Asklepios and His Colleagues: Doctors and Divine HealersAsklepios as Doctor in Myth and CultOther Healing Gods and HeroesDoctors and Their Patron GodAsklepios' Specialization: Chronic Ailments4. Documenting Asklepios' Arrival in AthensSourcesDesccription, Text, and Translation of Telemachos MoumentReading between the LinesThe Eleusinian Cult of Demeter and KoreThe Location of Asklepios' Sanctuary5. Asklepios and the Topography of Athenian CultThe Acropolis and the Greater PanathenaiaDionysos and DemeterDionysos Eleuthereus and the City DionysiaThe Sanctuary of Dionysos EleuthereusThe City DionysiaEleusinian Demeter and the Mysteries6. Asklepios and Athenian EmpireEpidauros and Athens in the Peloponnesian WarsThe Peace of Nicias and Epidaurian AsklepiosAthens, Cults, and Politics in the Fifth CenturyNegotiating EmpireAsklepios and the Kerykes in 418 BCMapping Meaning: The Epidauria ProcessionConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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John Wiley & Sons Ancient Egyptian Medicine

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Book SynopsisThe skills of the ancient Egyptians in preserving bodies through mummification are well known, but their expertise in the everyday medical practices needed to treat the living is less familiar and often misinterpreted. John F. Nunn draws on his own experience as an eminent doctor of medicine and an Egyptologist to reassess the evidence.Trade Review-Nunn has spent over twenty years elucidating the intricacies of ancient Egyptian medicine. It is impossible in a short review to do justice to the extraordinary breadth and scholarship of this beautifully produced and illustrated text. Long may he continue to illuminate the many mysteries that remain.---BMJ: British Medical Journal

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Rowman & Littlefield American Plagues

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Book SynopsisSmallpox, yellow fever, malaria, and polio, fearful diseases that once beset Americans, are now largely, just unhappy history. Yet from our confrontations with these past plagues come lessons that inform today's struggles to understand and remedy problems like HIV/AIDS, coronary heart disease, and Ebola infection. American Plagues weaves stories of encounters with epidemics over our history with lessons that aid our present understanding of health and disease. Doctors and clergy, writers and newsmen, public health institutions, and even an entire town relate their personal experiences with various outbreaks and the ways they were identified, contained, and treated. The stories are filled with ambition and accomplishment, jealousy and disappointment, public spirit and self-interest, egotism and modesty. Some episodes lead to vital discoveries. Others were unproductive. Yet each proved instructive and expanded our abilities to gather and process information in ways that improve medicinTrade ReviewThe term plague is no longer limited to bacterial or viral infections, but is expanding to include heart disease and cancer in this updated edition of a popular textbook. Gehlbach, dean emeritus of the School of Public Health at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, leads a thoroughly engrossing exploration of American medical history across 12 chapters, which range from a Boston smallpox outbreak in 1721 to a measles outbreak at Disneyland in 2014. Gehlbach describes how devastating epidemic diseases have been encountered, misunderstood, understood, and then conquered (smallpox, yellow fever, tuberculosis, polio) or ameliorated (heart disease, AIDS). He also addresses the deadly new problem of multiply antibiotic-resistant infections as well as contemporary medicine’s disastrous bête noire: the anti-vaccine movement. In addition to lauding fine accounts of the great historical studies (the Framingham study of heart disease, the Wynder and Graham study of lung cancer), Gehlbach warns that plenty of research turns up nonsense, and he delivers a painless primer on how to tell good studies from bad. Readers will have little trouble understanding his explanations of bias, contamination, true positives versus false positives, and meta-analysis. Gehlbach’s book is often assigned reading for college-level public health classes, and all textbooks should be as entertaining. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *Gehlbach provides a vivid picture of life in the United States as extraordinary health events occurred throughout history. Beginning his discourse with the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793, the author describes the scenes in a manner that pulls the reader into the setting, so that he or she can experience the gravity of each episode. The author serves as a ‘health detective’ by exploring the environment, events, and players involved within 11 significant health events, which include more modern scenarios (HIV/AIDS, health-related infections, the recent outbreak of measles, and the misunderstanding of vaccinations). The author recognizes the importance of public health surveillance and data analysis, and chronicles the development of epidemiology, which had an essential impact on health-related proceedings. In addition to a descriptive, insightful narrative, the author uses extensive references and frequent illustrations. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. * CHOICE *American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease is not just a useful text book for any public health or medical student, it is a useful read for anyone wishing to have a better understanding of public health in America and how we have learned to address plagues and epidemics over the years. * Herald and Review *The updated version of his 2005 volume, American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease, succeeds admirably. It conveys Gehlbach’s infectious enthusiasm for his subject so effectively that general readers will also relish the historical detective’s account of medical mysteries stretching back to the founding of the nation…. Gehlbach’s updated edition includes chapters on fresh patterns of infectious disease and their spread, sometimes by the very health care providers and in hospitals dedicated to battling such diseases, a circumstance first identified 170 years ago by Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes…. Gehlbach’s considerable narrative skills are exceeded only by his mastery of how American medicine and public health have progressed incrementally, always ‘gaining from experience.’ * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *This new edition of American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease is most welcome. Ten years ago I was impressed with how history and clinical medicine was masterfully woven together by Stephen Gehlbach into a coherent narrative that worked remarkably well in the classroom. This edition is no different. More than just a reprinting, this updated version has new chapters on the problem of infections bred by the very professions charged with combating them and the current wave of dangerous misinformation regarding vaccines. Having taught courses in the medical humanities for some twenty years, I can say with confidence that this is one of the best instructional texts I’ve ever used, a verdict rendered not just by me but by my students who used it. Even beyond the classroom, American Plagues has lessons for us all, demonstrating that history and clinical practice are inextricably tied together. This book should be on the shelf of every academic library. -- Michael A. Flannery, Professor and Assistant Dean for Special and Historical Collections, UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at BirminghamStephen Gehlbach's book provides a remarkable insight into how we came to understand the critical importance of public health measures as major determinants of disease incidence and mortality. While the book is nominally about the spread of infectious disease, it is really far more than that. Its rich trove of historical anecdotes reveals how we developed our current insights in the origins of diverse diseases and the biological processes that allowed them to flourish in human populations. The ultimate benefit from these stories come from the clear lessons they teach about disease prevention, revealing how reductions in disease incidence will lead inevitably to corresponding reductions in disease-related mortality. In fact, disease prevention has been increasingly pushed off-stage in recent decades, yielding ever more frequently to reports of dramatic advances in medical treatment. However, with every passing year, it becomes increasingly clear that major reductions in various diseases and the mortality that they cause will only come from preventing them rather than treating them once they have been diagnosed. This critical lesson is taught time and again in this highly readable and entertaining tour of the origins of the science of public health. -- Robert Weinberg, PhD, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research,Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Stephen Gehlbach has written an eminently readable and scholarly epilogue to his book of ten years ago then entitled American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease. This updated version captures many of the more modern plagues afflicting populations world-wide and complements rather than replaces the earlier volume. Those interested in medical history will surely want to peruse this current volume. -- John D. Hamilton, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Duke University; author of the History of Infectious Diseases at Duke in the 20th CenturyIntrigued by the mysteries of medicine Gehlbach brings to life detective stories of American epidemics from the smallpox outbreak in Boston of 1721 to the Disneyland measles eruption in the 21st century. He takes us to the successes and shortcomings as physicians grappled with causes and cures and battled both the diseases and each other as epidemics raged and differences of opinion counterbalanced each other leaving the layman to ponder. Written with wit and wisdom, peppered with historical vignettes and humorous tales of eccentric physicians, along the way, the readers, both health professionals and laymen grasp the progression of the scientific method and the significance of epidemiology. -- N. Lynn Eckhert, MD, Dr PH, Senior Lecturer; Harvard Medical SchoolI recommend the revised edition of Stephen H. Gehlbach’s American Plagues. Gehlbach’s work has long been a staple text for me to familiarize my students with the history of infectious disease control in my introduction to American Medicine Courses. This new edition updates the chapter on AIDS and other parts while adding two excellent and necessary chapters: one on hospital-borne infections; and one on the consequences of misplaced and ill-informed fears about contagion and disease causation. Gehlbach’s analysis of the consequences of the anti-vaccination movement and the challenge of Ebola transmission in America will provoke excellent discussion in the classroom about the need for evidence and theories of disease. Students of public health or the history of medicine will also find the italicized terminology sprinkled throughout the historical vignettes very valuable for learning basic principles of epidemiology, clinical science, and public health. These features and this book will be of great utility to teachers for that reason as well. I strongly commend this new edition. -- Stephen Inrig, PhD, MSCS, Director, Interdisciplinary Healthcare Research; Director, Health Policy and Management Graduate Program; Mount Saint Mary's University, Los AngelesStephen Gehlbach masterfully tells the fascinating stories of major American disease outbreaks over almost three centuries. Each narrative illuminates the passion and intellect needed to solve the epidemic, both infectious and chronic. The historical context and clearly presented data evidence grab the reader. What better way to learn epidemiology than by following the steps, one by one, of resolving these public health threats. This book is a superb addition for public health students, undergraduate and graduate. As well, it is very good read. -- Harrison C. Spencer, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public HealthTable of ContentsPreface 1: Gunpowder and Calomel: Benjamin Rush and the Malignant Yellow Fever 2: Doctors and Ministers: Smallpox in Boston, 1721 3: Noddle’s Island Experiment: Benjamin Waterhouse and Vaccination 4: Scourge of the Middle West: Autumnal Fever and Daniel Drake 5: Improving the Numbers: Lemuel Shattuck’s Report 6: Adirondack Cure: Consumption and Edward Trudeau 7: The Beginning and the End: Epidemic Poliomyelitis 8: A Cancer Grows: Edward Murrow and the Cigarette 9: Searching America’s Heart: the Framingham Study 10: A Cure for Complacency: HIV/AIDS 11: Too Little, Too Much: Healthcare Related Infections 12: Another Kind of Plague: Measles and Misinformation

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Rutgers University Press Vitamania Vitamins in American Culture Health and Medicine Series

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Book SynopsisThis text examines the claims and counterclaims of scientists, manufacturers, retailers, politicians and consumers from the discovery of vitamins in the early 20th-century. It reveals the issues that have propelled the industry, and the ambivalence of Americans towards the authority of science.Table of ContentsIntroduction: "Perhaps your diet is too modern": the discovery of avitaminosis "They need it now": popular science and advertising in the interwar period "To protect the interest of the public": vitamins, marketing, and research "Superior knowledge": pharmacists, grocers, physicians, and Linus Pauling Miles one-a-day: the history of a vitamin dynasty Acnotabs: scientific evidence in the marketplace "Millions of consumers are being misled": the Food and Drug Administration and consumer protection "Preserve our health freedom": science in consumer politics "Intensity" makes the difference: vitamins in the political process Conclusion: vitamania?: vitamins in late twentieth-century United States

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John Wiley & Sons The History of American Homeopathy From Rational Medicine to Holistic Health Care

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Book SynopsisTraces the rise of lay practitioners in shaping homeopathy as a healing system and its relationship to other forms of complementary and alternative medicine in an age when conventional biomedicine remains the dominant form.Trade Review"This is an important and outstanding work of scholarship. Neither partisan nor apologetic, it brings the strength of objectivity to homeopathy that has often been lacking in its checkered historiography. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, this book is destined to be the standard work on this colorful and historically rich group of healthcare crusaders for years to come." -- Michael A. Flannery * associate director for Historical Collections, University of Alabama *"Once again, Professor Haller offers an incisive analysis of a major alternative medical system, providing an extraordinarily thorough and nuanced examination of the evolution of homeopathic medicine over the last one hundred years." -- James C. Whorton * author of Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America *"John Haller, an eminent historian of alternative medicine, has written a unique and finely woven account on homeopathy and the transformations that have characterized its long history. In this volume, he focuses on its evolving status from a medical practitioner based system of treatment to one now largely embraced by segments of the public in search of alternative therapies. Well-organized and bearing the imprint of a master historian, it is a pleasure to read." -- Pascal James Imperato * founding dean, School of Public Health, State University of New York, Downstate *"Haller takes readers on a historical journey involving American homeopathy as it traversed the political, professional, scientific, and cultural landscape from the late-19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Experts and novices to American homeopathy will find this book to be comprehensive, objective, informative, and engaging. Recommended." * Choice *"A key achievement of this intriguing book is in capturing the shifting and diverse nature of homeopathy itself, which Haller depicts as having developed from an empirical science to a religious belief system. Haller encompasses the complexity of the development of homeopathy within a cogent narrative." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Decline of Academic Homeopathy Chapter 2: Esoteric Homeopathy Chapter 3: The Laity Speaks Out Chapter 4: Postwar Trends Chapter 5: Roads Taken and Not Taken Chapter 6: Whither the Future? Notes Bibliography Index

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MW - Rutgers University Press Comrades in Health US Health Internationalists Abroad and at Home Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Paperback

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Book SynopsisBrings together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections, this collection of essays draws attention to the longstanding international activities of the American health left and the lessons they brought home.Trade Review"Everybody who cares about health and social justice, internationally and in the U.S., should read this book!" -- Amy Goodman * host of Democracy Now! and 2008 winner Right Livelihood Award *"This wonderful book offers a deeply reflective look at the motivations, ideology, and outcomes of this critical work, telling the stories of true heroes and heroines of American medicine and public health. It is must reading for anyone contemplating international health activism today." -- Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler * cofounders, Physicians for a National Health Program *"Comrades in Health is a pioneering effort, a major addition to the study of global public health, and a new perspective on U.S. domestic health policy." -- Gerald M. Oppenheimer * coauthor of Shattered Dreams? An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic *"Birn and Brown describe the history of international efforts to improve the health of vulnerable populations as an inherently sociopolitical, leftist, and often communist, endeavor. [The editors] create a coherent picture of the development of international health efforts...and will be an interesting read for more advanced students of public health and political science. Recommended." * Choice *"The most haunting lesson in this fine book stems from its call for an ethic of social consciousness in health care work. In this view, the struggle of justice for all is integral to the improvement of individual health outcomes, and it is as fraught with uncertainty and unintended consequences as is the treatment of individual illness. Birn, Brown and their colleagues update an old social medicine lesson that makes this struggle, with its risks, penuries and triumphs, a core professional duty instead of merely a morally praiseworthy individual pursuit." * Global Public Health *"a captivating journey through the political, economic, and social turmoil that embroiled global health care during the 20th century." * Nursing History Review *"Perhaps the most interesting lesson in Comrades in Health is in showing how the very term socialised medicine came to be such an imagined existential threat to the US body politic." * Lancet *"Comrades in Health is important reading for those interested in the global debate surrounding the post-2015 global developmental agenda and future reform of the UN-centric humanitarian system required to address 21st-century human security and social justice." * Canadian Bulletin of Medical History *Table of ContentsList of FiguresForeword AcknowledgmentsPart I1. Introduction: Health Comrades, Abroad and at Home2. The Making of Health InternationalistsPart II3. The Perils of Unconstrained Enthusiasm4. American Medical Support for Spanish Democracy, 1936–19385. Medical McCarthyism and the Punishment of Internationalist Physicians in the United StatesPart III6. Contesting Racism and Innovating Community Health Centers7. Barefoot in China, the Bronx, and Beyond8. Medical Internationalism and the “Last Epidemic”Part IV9. Social Medicine, at Home and Abroad10. Find the Best People and Support Them11. Cooperantes, Solidarity, and the Fight for Health in Mozambique12. From Harlem to HararePart V13. Brigadistas and Revolutionaries14. Health and Human Rights in Latin America, and Beyond15. History, Theory, and Praxis in Pacific Islands Health16. Doctors for Global Health17. Doctors Across BlockadesPart VI18. Across the GenerationsNotes on ContributorsIndex

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John Wiley & Sons Making the American Mouth Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century

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Book SynopsisMaking the American Mouth is at once a history of United States dentistry and a study of a billion-dollar industry. Alyssa Picard chronicles the forces that limited Americans' access to dental care in the early twentieth century and the ways dentists worked to expand that access--and improve the public image of their profession.Trade Review"This fascinating book is the first to explore the social and cultural history of dentistry in the United States. Picard skillfully illuminates the relationship between the emerging dental profession and contemporary developments in child health, American consumer culture, and gender and race relations in the United States. She draws on an impressive range of primary sources to illustrate the historical roots of Americans' 'dental obsession.' This important book has significant implications not only for historians but also for those interested in contemporary dental health policy. " -- Heather Munro Prescott * Central Connecticut State University *"In Making the American Mouth, Alyssa Picard provides us with a much needed and long overdue illumination and analysis of the important role that dentistry has played in twentieth-century American health care and public health." -- Richard Meckel * Brown University *"Picard describes how American dentists were involved in various social movements during the 20th century. Their involvement encompassed public health starting in the early part of the century, efforts to fluoridate the nation's water supplies to prevent tooth decay, social movements for racial and gender equity at mid-century, and the promotion of cosmetic services at the end of the century (a movement that continues today). The book is well written and well researched, interesting, and highly informative. It helps explain the obsession in the US with having perfect teeth and a gleaming white smile. Anyone who wore braces as a child or adult will find it fascinating. Recommended." * Choice *"Good teeth signal social class and intellectual achievement in America, as Alyssa Picardknows well. In Making the American Mouth, she provides an engaging history of the evolution of American dentistry, including the profession's influence over our social norms and health policy. It's a book that anyone keen to understand and improve our current national state of oral health ought to read." * Health Affairs *"An intriguing social history of American dentistry." * American Historical Review *"Picard has provided a well-written, accessible, insightful study of dentistry in the United States that should be of interest to a wide variety of readers with an interest in the history of public health, health care, and dentistry." * Social History of Medicine *"This fascinating book is the first to explore the social and cultural history of dentistry in the United States. Picard skillfully illuminates the relationship between the emerging dental profession and contemporary developments in child health, American consumer culture, and gender and race relations in the United States. She draws on an impressive range of primary sources to illustrate the historical roots of Americans' 'dental obsession.' This important book has significant implications not only for historians but also for those interested in contemporary dental health policy. " -- Heather Munro Prescott * Central Connecticut State University *"In Making the American Mouth, Alyssa Picard provides us with a much needed and long overdue illumination and analysis of the important role that dentistry has played in twentieth-century American health care and public health." -- Richard Meckel * Brown University *"Picard describes how American dentists were involved in various social movements during the 20th century. Their involvement encompassed public health starting in the early part of the century, efforts to fluoridate the nation's water supplies to prevent tooth decay, social movements for racial and gender equity at mid-century, and the promotion of cosmetic services at the end of the century (a movement that continues today). The book is well written and well researched, interesting, and highly informative. It helps explain the obsession in the US with having perfect teeth and a gleaming white smile. Anyone who wore braces as a child or adult will find it fascinating. Recommended." * Choice *"Good teeth signal social class and intellectual achievement in America, as Alyssa Picardknows well. In Making the American Mouth, she provides an engaging history of the evolution of American dentistry, including the profession's influence over our social norms and health policy. It's a book that anyone keen to understand and improve our current national state of oral health ought to read." * Health Affairs *"An intriguing social history of American dentistry." * American Historical Review *"Picard has provided a well-written, accessible, insightful study of dentistry in the United States that should be of interest to a wide variety of readers with an interest in the history of public health, health care, and dentistry." * Social History of Medicine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction American Dental Hygiene Diet and the Dental Critique of American Life "Like a Sugar-Coated Pill" "This National Stupidity" Behind the Fluorine Curtain The "Satisfaction of Dentistry" and the End of Public Health The Look of the American Mouth Epilogue Notes Index

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Wayne State University Press Pregnant Fictions Childbirth and the Fairy Tale in Early Modern France

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Book SynopsisPregnant Fictions explores the complex role of pregnancy in early modern tale-telling and considers how stories of childbirth were used to rethink gendered truths at a key moment in the history of ideas.

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