{"product_id":"american-physicians-in-the-nineteenth-century-from-sects-to-science-9780801844270","title":"American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaper edition, with a new preface, of a 1972 work. The author, a sociologist, explains how ...19th-century medicine did not disappear; it evolved into modern medicine...; and he discusses such topics as active versus conservative intervention, reciprocity between physicians and the public in adopt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[According to a survey of medical historians] the most important book of the past decade was William G. Rothstein's American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century. Reviews in American History Rothstein's approach is significantly different from the traditional one... he has produced a useful and stimulating work. British Journal of the History of Science A very readable book that will be of value to anyone interested in nineteenth-century medicine. Taken with the existing works on the majors sects, Professor Rothstein has made a significant contribution to the field of medical history. Journal of the History of Medicine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the 1992 edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Method of Analysis and Colonial Antecedents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Plan of Analysis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Prologue: The Colonial Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Regular Profession in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Medical Practice Among Physicians\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Medical Societies and Medical Licensing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Medical Education\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Relations Between Medical Schools and Medical Societies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The Rebellion Against the Regular Medical Profession\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Thomsonian Movement\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Rise of Homeopathy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. The Institutionalization of Medical Sects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Therapeutics of the Regular Sect After the Civil War\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Stratification and Specialization in the Regular Medical Profession After the Civil War\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Eclectic Sect: Successor to Botanical Medicine\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Homeopathic Sect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. The Rise of Scientific Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Beginnings of Scientific Medicine: Surgery\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Bacteriology and the Medical Profession\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Developments in Medical Education After the Civil War\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. The Death of Sectarian Medicine\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I. Founding Dates of Important Local and State Regular Medical Societies in Selected States Before the Civil War\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II. Medical Licensing Legislation in Selected States Before the Civil War\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III. Sources of Citations Given in Appendices I and II\u003cbr\u003eAppendix IV. Enumerations of Physicians, 185901900\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405185360215,"sku":"9780801844270","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801844270.jpg?v=1730489029","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-physicians-in-the-nineteenth-century-from-sects-to-science-9780801844270","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}