TY - BOOK AU - Kahn,Richard J. AU - Barker,Jeremiah TI - Diseases in the district of Maine 1772 to 1820: the unpublished work of Jeremiah Barker, a rural physician in New England T2 - Oxford medicine online SN - 9780190053284 (ebook) : AV - R128.7 U1 - 610.974 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Barker, Jeremiah, KW - Medicine KW - New England KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Medical literature KW - United States N1 - Also issued in print: 2020; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - This previously unpublished primary source allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced two hundred years ago by a rural physician in New England through his case histories, correspondence, biographical sketches, and personal commentary. Throughout his fifty-year practice, beginning with a preceptorship in Hingham, Massachusetts, Jeremiah Barker documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods UR - #gotoholdings ER -