001479941 000__ 05450nam\a22008415i\4500 001479941 001__ 1479941 001479941 003__ DE-B1597 001479941 005__ 20231026035117.0 001479941 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479941 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479941 008__ 230918t20132013nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479941 020__ $$a9780814760352 001479941 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814760352.001.0001$$2doi 001479941 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547073 001479941 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479941 0410_ $$aeng 001479941 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479941 050_4 $$aE302.5$$b.A37 2013eb 001479941 072_7 $$aMED039000$$2bisacsh 001479941 08204 $$a973.2$$223 001479941 1001_ $$aAbrams, Jeanne E., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479941 24510 $$aRevolutionary Medicine :$$bThe Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health /$$cJeanne E. Abrams. 001479941 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2013] 001479941 264_4 $$c©2013 001479941 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479941 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479941 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479941 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479941 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479941 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction. Health and Medicine in the Era of America's Founders -- $$t1. George and Martha Washington Health, Illness, and the First Family -- $$t2. Benjamin Franklin -- $$t3. Abigail and John Adams -- $$t4. Thomas Jefferson -- $$t5. Thomas Jefferson -- $$tEpilogue. Evolutionary Medicine -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479941 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479941 520__ $$aAn engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could beabruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectiousdiseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless ofsocial status. Concerns over health affected the founding fathers and theirfamilies as it did slaves, merchants, immigrants, and everyone else in NorthAmerica. As both victims of illness and national leaders, the Founders occupieda unique position regarding the development of public health in America. Revolutionary Medicine refocuses thestudy of the lives of George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, ThomasJefferson, John and Abigail Adams, and James and Dolley Madison away from theusual lens of politics to the unique perspective of sickness, health, andmedicine in their era. For the founders, republican ideals fostered a reciprocalconnection between individual health and the "health" of the nation. Studyingthe encounters of these American founders with illness and disease, as well astheir viewpoints about good health, not only provides us with a richer and morenuanced insight into their lives, but also opens a window into the practice ofmedicine in the eighteenth century, which is at once intimate, personal, andfirst hand. Perhaps most importantly, today's American public healthinitiatives have their roots in the work of America's founders, for theyrecognized early on that government had compelling reasons to shoulder some newresponsibilities with respect to ensuring the health and well-being of itscitizenry. The state of medicine and public healthcare today is still awork in progress, but these founders played a significant role in beginning theconversation that shaped the contours of its development. 001479941 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479941 546__ $$aIn English. 001479941 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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