Disease and Medical Care in the Mountain West

Disease and Medical Care in the Mountain West Essays on Region, History, and Practice - Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection of eight essays examines the health, disease, and medical care of the American West-an area flanked by the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and Cascade Mountains. Topics include Mormons and the Thomsonian Movement in the nineteenth century, the silicosis epidemic in hardrock mining, Native American health, frontier nursing, and Chinese medicine.

Book information

ISBN: 9780874173048
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Imprint: University of Nevada Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1
DEWEY: 610.979
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 154
Weight: 333g
Height: 235mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 18mm