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Thacher's education was liberal; he learned elements of medicine. Thacher committed much of his time to the practice of medicine and was a prominent physician in Boston. Shortly before Thomas Thatcher's death in 1677, he wrote a short article on smallpox and measles. It was the first medical paper written that was published in America. [7]
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial times, to 1970. (1976) chapter B pp. 65–86.. online; Cassedy, James H. "The Roots of American Sanitary Reform 1843–47: Seven Letters from John H. Griscom to Lemuel Shattuck" Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (1975) 30#2 pp.136–147 online; Falk, I.S. et al.
An American health dilemma: A medical history of African Americans and the problem of race: Beginnings to 1900 (Routledge, 2012). Deutsch, Albert. The mentally ill in America-A History of their care and treatment from colonial times (1937). Duffy, John. From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine (2nd ed. 1993) Duffy, John.
In modern medicine, foxglove extract is still used under the name digitalis, and its purpose is to moderate the heart rate. [36] Native Americans were successful with some medical practices, such as treating fevers, gastrointestinal conditions, skin rashes, setting bones, as well as birthing babies, and aiding mothers in healing. [36]
The history of medicine in the Philippines discusses the folk medicinal practices and the medical applications used in Philippine society from the prehistoric times before the Spaniards were able to set a firm foothold on the islands of the Philippines for over 300 years, to the transition from Spanish rule to fifty-year American colonial embrace of the Philippines, and up to the establishment ...
There was little government control, regulation of medical care, or attention to public health. Colonial physicians introduced modern medicine to the cities in the 18th century, following the models in England and Scotland, and made some advances in vaccination, pathology, anatomy, and pharmacology. [117]
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present is a 2007 book by Harriet A. Washington. It is a history of medical experimentation on African Americans .
Epidemics in Colonial America: Kennikat Press. Duffy, J. (1974). A history of public health in New York City, 1866–1966. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Duffy, J. (1976). The healers : the rise of the medical establishment. New York: McGraw-Hill. Duffy, J. (1984). The Tulane University Medical Center : 150 years of medical education.