{"product_id":"revolutionary-medicine-the-founding-fathers-and-mothers-in-sickness-and-in-health-9781479880577","title":"Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be\u003cbr\u003eabruptly shattered by contagion and death, and debility from infectious\u003cbr\u003ediseases and epidemics was commonplace for early Americans, regardless of\u003cbr\u003esocial status. Concerns over health affected the founding fathers and their\u003cbr\u003efamilies as it did slaves, merchants, immigrants, and everyone else in North\u003cbr\u003eAmerica. As both victims of illness and national leaders, the Founders occupied\u003cbr\u003ea unique position regarding the development of public health in America. Revolutionary Medicine refocuses the\u003cbr\u003estudy of the lives of George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas\u003cbr\u003eJefferson, John and Abigail Adams, and James and Dolley Madison away from the\u003cbr\u003eusual lens of politics to the unique perspective of sickness, health, and\u003cbr\u003emedicine in their era. For the founders, republican ideals fostered a reciprocal\u003cbr\u003econnection between individual health and the \"health\" of the nation. Studying\u003cbr\u003ethe encounters of these American founders with illness and disease, as well as\u003cbr\u003etheir viewpoints about good health, not only provides us with a richer and more\u003cbr\u003enuanced insight into their lives, but also opens a window into the practice of\u003cbr\u003emedicine in the eighteenth century, which is at once intimate, personal, and\u003cbr\u003efirst hand. Perhaps most importantly, today's American public health\u003cbr\u003einitiatives have their roots in the work of America's founders, for they\u003cbr\u003erecognized early on that government had compelling reasons to shoulder some new\u003cbr\u003eresponsibilities with respect to ensuring the health and well-being of its\u003cbr\u003ecitizenry.\u003cbr\u003e The state of medicine and public healthcare today is still a\u003cbr\u003ework in progress, but these founders played a significant role in beginning the\u003cbr\u003econversation that shaped the contours of its development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10312783\"\u003eJeanne E. Abrams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479880577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479880574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED039000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036020\"\u003eUnited States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne E. Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at the University Libraries and the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver, where she is also Director of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, and Curator of the Beck Archives, Special Collections. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44586702471405,"sku":"9781479880577","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c7b1d576-f922-485f-b1b4-b7c2ecb48aae.jpg?v=1702186091","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/revolutionary-medicine-the-founding-fathers-and-mothers-in-sickness-and-in-health-9781479880577","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}