clark chuinard (2 resultados)

Tall 8vo. 444, [2] pp. Blue-tinted illust. title, frontisp., numerous plates (1 double-page). Illustrated softcovers in silver, blue & black (minor creasing to spine, creased), still VG copy. Reprint edition of this fascinating history of the medical care the corps and the Native Americans received during the renowned expedition. An extensive treatment of medical practices of the 18th century precedes the Expedition's history.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good plus copy with previous owner inscription on flyleaf in a Very Good laminated dust jacket. E.G. Chuinard, a physician himself, explores the medical milieu of the early 19th century, focusing on medicine as it was practiced in the Army, among Native Americans, and on the frontier. Particular attention is given to the practice of bloodletting by doctors. Preparations for the expedition and the journey itself are then covered in detail, with an emphasis on illnesses and injuries that expedition members suffered along the way and how they were treated.