Medicine in Revolutionary New Jersey
By: David L. Cowen.
Series: New Jersey's Revolutionary experience ;; 12
Publisher: New Jersey Historical Commission
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Trenton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Medicine -- New Jersey -- History.; Medicine -- New Jersey -- History.; New Jersey -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Health aspects.; New Jersey -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Medical care.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Health aspects.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Medical care.; New Jersey -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Health aspects.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Medical care.
Description: Discusses the state of medicine in eighteenth-century New Jersey, particularly during the Revolutionary War when nine out of ten deaths in the American forces were due to disease.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 35-36.