American Eden
Subtitle: David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic
By: Victoria Johnson
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781631494192
Subjects: Biography; Medical botanists; Medical Botany
Description: "Whether collecting specimens along the banks of the Hudson River, lecturing before a class of rapt medical students, or breaking the fever of a young Philip Hamilton, David Hosack was an American visionary who has been too long forgotten. Alongside other towering figures of the post-Revolutionary generation, he took the reins of a nation. In unearthing the dramatic story of his life, [the author] offers a lush depiction of the man who gave a new voice to the powers and perils of nature"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-436) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Tear in pieces the doctors"; title: "An endless source of innocent delight"; title: "Ripping open my belly"; title: "He is as good as the theatre"; title: "The grass is three feet high in the streets"; title: "Doctor, I despair"; title: "There are no informed people here"; title: "H; title: k is enough, and even that unnecessary"; title: "This delicious banquet"; title: "I long to see Captain Lewis"; title: "Strange noises, low spirits"; title: "Such a piece of downright imposture"; title: "You know, better than any man"; title: "Instead of creeping along the earth"; title: "Your fortunate city"; title: "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden"; title: "Like a romance."