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The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow (1900)
Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American physician and writer. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, and received the degree of M. D. at Jefferson Medical College in 1850. His medical texts include Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences (1872) and Fat and Blood (1877). In 1863 he wrote a clever short story, combining physiological and psychological proble
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164 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Kessinger Publishing
(first published 1900)
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I was doing some research on death in the Civil War and read about
The Case of George Dedlow
, which led me to download this e-book. Though that is an odd and interesting story, combining the horror of the Civil War with some dated religious and psychic phenomenon plot details,
The Autobiography of a Quack
was the more interesting of the two. It details the life of a selfish, greedy, bigoted, and all-around reprehensible doctor as he tries to make the most money possible from the poorest members
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Silas Weir Mitchell was an American physician and writer.
During the Civil War he had charge of nervous injuries and maladies at Turners Lane Hospital, Philadelphia, and at the close of the war became a specialist in neurology. In this field Weir Mitchell's name became prominently associated with his introduction of the rest cure, subsequently taken up by the medical world, for nervous diseases, pa ...more
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During the Civil War he had charge of nervous injuries and maladies at Turners Lane Hospital, Philadelphia, and at the close of the war became a specialist in neurology. In this field Weir Mitchell's name became prominently associated with his introduction of the rest cure, subsequently taken up by the medical world, for nervous diseases, pa ...more
