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Health and Wellness in Colonial America

Health and Wellness in Colonial America

Tannenbaum, Rebecca

Hardcover

Series: Health and Wellness in Daily Life

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0313384908
ISBN13: 9780313384905
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Aug 17 2012
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

This book provides a broad introduction to medical practices among Anglo-Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans during the colonial period, covering everything from dentistry to childcare practices to witchcraft. It is ideal for college or advanced high school courses in early American history, the history of medicine, or general social history.

Health and Wellness in Colonial America covers all aspects of medicine from surgery to the role of religion in healing, giving readers a comprehensive overall picture of medical practices from 1600 to 1800--a topic that speaks volumes about the living conditions during that period. In this book, an introductory chapter describes the ways in which all three cultures in colonial America--European, African, and Native American--thought about medicine. The work covers academic and scientific medicine as well as folk practices, women's role in healing, and the traditions of Native Americans and African Americans.

Because of its broad scope, the book will be highly useful to advanced high school students; undergraduate students in various areas of studies, such as early American history, women's history, and history of medicine; and general readers interested in the history of medicine.

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