S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914
Subtitle: Philadelphia's literary physician
By: Nancy Cervetti
Series: Penn State series in the history of the book; Penn State series in the history of the book
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780271054032
Subjects: History, 19th Century; Physicians; History; Literature; Neurology; Biography; History, 20th Century
Description: "A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family matters; title: Letters home; title: The young physiologist; title: War's awful harvest; title: Wind and tide; title: Pandora's box; title: The apple or the rose; title: The literary physician; title: Combat zones; title: Great doctor, poet, and salmon killer; title: Winter's sorrow; title: The new century.