Women Healers by Susan H. Brandt

Women Healers Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia by Susan H. Brandt University of Pennsylvania Press, 312 pp., hardcover $39.95 In this deeply researched and well-written book, Susan H. Brandt reveals women’s central place in the intricate healing networks that flourished in the first decades of Philadelphia’s existence. Casting her net widely, she examines the...
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The Health of the Commonwealth by James E. Higgins

The Health of the Commonwealth A Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania by James E. Higgins Temple University Press/The Pennsylvania Historical Association, 138 pp., paperback $19.95 The history of public health and medicine is more important now than ever. As Pennsylvania weathers global pandemics and health crises, it is essential to understand how our current...
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