Island Doctor
John Mackieson and Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Prince Edward Island
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2003
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773525245
- Publish Date
- Sep 2003
- List Price
- $80.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773570931
- Publish Date
- Sep 2003
- List Price
- $95.00
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Based on a study of two casebooks, which include Dr Mackieson records for 257 patients with a variety of illnesses seen from 1826 to 1858 and 115 patients with mental illness seen from 1868 to 1874, two manuscripts, and a diary, David Shephard illustrates the wide variety of representative cases in Dr Mackieson's career and situates his work in the context of medical practice at the time. The book will interest a variety of readers, including general historians, medical historians, social historians, historians with an interest in the Atlantic provinces, physicians, and academic libraries.