S. Weir Mitchell, 1829–1914: Philadelphia's Literary Physician

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List of Illustrations | ix Acknowledgments | xi A Note on the Text | xiii Introduction | 1 1 Family Matters | 6 2 Letters Home | 24 3 The Young Physiologist | 45 4 War’s Awful Harvest | 67 5 Wind and Tide | 88 6 Pandora’s Box | 104 7 The Apple or the Rose | 136 8 The Literary Physician | 156 9 Combat Zones | 176 10 Great Doctor, Poet, and Salmon Killer | 197 11 Winter’s Sorrow | 215 12 The New Century | 233 Epilogue | 252 Notes | 257 Bibliography | 277 Index | 287 contents 00a Front_Cervetti 6/27/2012 1:52 PM Page vii 00a Front_Cervetti 6/27/2012 1:52 PM Page viii ...