S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician /
Cervetti, Nancy, 1947-
S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / S. Weir Mitchell, 1829 to 1914 Nancy Cervetti. - xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Penn State series in the history of the book . - Penn State series in the history of the book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Family matters -- Letters home -- The young physiologist -- War's awful harvest -- Wind and tide -- Pandora's box -- The apple or the rose -- The literary physician -- Combat zones -- Great doctor, poet, and salmon killer -- Winter's sorrow -- The new century.
"A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie"--Provided by publisher.
0271054034 9780271054032
2012007105
Mitchell, S. Weir 1829-1914
Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography
Literature--History.
Neurology--History.
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
R154.M66 / C47 2012
610.92
S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914 : Philadelphia's literary physician / S. Weir Mitchell, 1829 to 1914 Nancy Cervetti. - xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Penn State series in the history of the book . - Penn State series in the history of the book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Family matters -- Letters home -- The young physiologist -- War's awful harvest -- Wind and tide -- Pandora's box -- The apple or the rose -- The literary physician -- Combat zones -- Great doctor, poet, and salmon killer -- Winter's sorrow -- The new century.
"A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie"--Provided by publisher.
0271054034 9780271054032
2012007105
Mitchell, S. Weir 1829-1914
Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography
Literature--History.
Neurology--History.
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
R154.M66 / C47 2012
610.92