Pioneer Physicians Of Wyoming Valley, 1771-1825

Along the wild banks of the Susquehanna, a handful of doctors stood between life and loss in a struggling settlement. They healed a raw frontier. Pioneer Physicians of Wyoming Valley, 1771-1825 opens a rare window onto Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania history at the moment when wilderness began to turn into community, and medicine into a profession.Historian Frederick C. Johnson traces the careers and character of the early American doctors who served this remote region, from the colonial and Revolutionary years into the Federal era, portraying the first generation of colonial and Federal era physicians. Set against early Pennsylvania settlement history, their stories are rooted in the wider realities of 18th century American medicine in practice: isolation, epidemic disease, and the constant demands of a growing frontier community. As a pioneer physicians history book, it also records the intertwining of families, patients, and Susquehanna River valley doctors, making it a valuable local medical history reference for medical history collectors, regional scholars, and family historians. For students of frontier medicine in Pennsylvania, for anyone seeking a genealogy research resource Pennsylvania communities can claim as their own, and for general readers of American frontier life nonfiction alike, these early American doctors biographies offer both human drama and carefully grounded context.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.