Island doctor : John Mackieson and medicine in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island / David A.E. Shephard.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index.

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"Dr. John Mackieson practiced medicine in Prince Edward Island from 1821 to 1885. Island Doctor offers an intimate look at the work of this "ordinary" physician and a fascinating glimpse of the practice of medicine in the nineteenth century. Using two of Mackieson's casebooks, which include records for 257 patients with a variety of illnesses seen from 1826 to 1858 and 115 patients with mental illness seen from 1868 to 1874, as well as two manuscripts and his diary, David Shephard illustrates the wide variety of representative cases in Mackieson's career and situates his work in the context of medical practice at the time."--Jacket.

Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Scotsman Settles in Prince Edward Island -- 2 Social, Family, and Professional Life in Charlottetown -- 3 Health and Illness in Nineteenth-Century Prince Edward Island: Mackieson's Practice in Medicine -- 4 A Nineteenth-Century Surgical Practice -- 5 The Perils of Childbearing in the Nineteenth Century: Mackieson and Obstetrical Care -- 6 Ministering to a Mind Diseased: Mackieson, the Charlottetown Lunatic Asylum, and the Treatment of Mental Illness -- 7 Coda: Portrait of an Island Doctor

Appendix A: Chronological Outline of Mackieson's CareerAppendix B: The Formulary: Therapeutic Agents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

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