Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Volume 83, Number 2, Summer 2009
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Journals under Threat: A Joint Response from History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Editors
pp. viii-x
Articles
The Fielding H. Garrison Lecture: “I Am Their Physician”: Dr. Owen J. Wister of Germantown and His Too Many Patients
pp. 245-270
An “Epeleptick” Bondswoman: Fits, Slavery, and Power in the Antebellum South
pp. 271-301
Truth, Trust, and Confidence in Surgery, 1890–1910: Patient Autonomy, Communication, and Consent
pp. 302-330
Keeping Modern in Medicine: Pharmaceutical Promotion and Physician Education in Postwar America
pp. 331-377
News and Events
Media Reviews
The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry (review)
pp. 380-381
Proteus: A Nineteenth-Century Vision (review)
pp. 383-384
Book Reviews
Aristotele e il cervello: Le teorie del più grande biologo dell’ antichità nella storia del pensiero scientifico (review)
pp. 386-388
The Latin Alexander Trallianus: The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book (review)
pp. 388-389
Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer (review)
p. 390
History of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology: With an Epilogue on Psychiatry and the Mind-Body Relation (review)
pp. 391-392
Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the Plays (review)
pp. 392-394
The Sacrificial Body and the Day of Doom: Alchemy and Apocalyptic Discourse in the Protestant Reformation (review)
pp. 394-395
Leprosy in Premodern Medicine: A Malady of the Whole Body (review)
pp. 396-397
Harvey e Padova: Atti del convegno celebrativo del quarto centenario della laurea di William Harvey (Padova, 21–22 novembre 2002) (review)
pp. 397-398
The Salt of the Earth: Natural Philosophy, Medicine, and Chymistry in England, 1650–1750 (review)
pp. 398-399
Maritime Quarantine: The British Experience, c. 1650–1900 (review)
pp. 399-401
The Microscope and the Eye: A History of Reflections, 1740–1870 (review)
pp. 401-402
In Search of a Cure: The Patients of the Ghent Homoeopathic Physician Gustave A. Van den Berghe (1837–1902) (review)
pp. 402-403
Cholera and Nation: Doctoring the Social Body in Victorian England (review)
pp. 404-405
Cleansing the City: Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London (review)
pp. 405-406
Faith in the Great Physician: Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860–1900 (review)
pp. 407-408
Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War (review)
pp. 408-410
Searching Eyes: Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America (review)
pp. 411-412
L’organisation sanitaire en Tunisie sous le Protectorat français (1881–1956): Un bilan ambigu et contrasté (review)
pp. 413-414
A History of Disability in Nineteenth-Century Scotland (review)
pp. 414-415
Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening (review)
pp. 417-418
Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in Twentieth-Century America (review)
pp. 418-420
Community Health Centers: A Movement and the People Who Made It Happen (review)
pp. 420-421
Low Income, Social Growth, and Good Health: A History of Twelve Countries (review)
pp. 421-423
Suffering in the Land of Sunshine: A Los Angeles Illness Narrative (review)
pp. 423-424
Book Notes
Books Received
Books Received
pp. 427-430
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