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S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914

Cervetti, Nancy, 1947-

S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 Philadelphia's literary physician / [electronic resource] : Nancy Cervetti. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (p. ) - Penn State series in the history of the book . - Penn State series in the history of the book. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Family matters -- Letters home -- The young physiologist -- War's awful harvest -- Wind and tide -- Pandora's box -- The apple or the rose -- The literary physician -- Combat zones -- Great doctor, poet, and salmon killer -- Winter's sorrow -- The new century.

"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.

9780271058184 0271058188


Mitchell, S. Weir 1829-1914.


Neurology--history--Philadelphia.
Literature--history--Philadelphia.
History, 20th Century--Philadelphia.
History, 19th Century--Philadelphia.
Physicians--Philadelphia--Biography.


Electronic books.

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