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Alcoholism : Medicalization By The Masses In Post-Prohibition America, Stephen Raymond Patnode
Alcoholism : Medicalization By The Masses In Post-Prohibition America, Stephen Raymond Patnode
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The medicalization of America is typically presented as a top-down, doctor-driven phenomenon. I argue that in the case of alcoholism, this model leaves out the community-level social activism of individuals who were identifying themselves as members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Any description of the popularization of the disease concept of alcoholism that does not take into account the efforts of these individuals is missing a key element. My thesis attempts to incorporate these individuals into the historical narrative.
If we are to focus on the efforts of Alcoholics Anonymous in framing alcoholism as a disease, the 1930s represent a crucial turning …
A Community Of Physicians : The Rural New York Medical Practices Of David Hanford (1816-1844), Jonathan Johnson (1823-1829), And George M. Teeple (1847-1872), Lois Fischer Black
A Community Of Physicians : The Rural New York Medical Practices Of David Hanford (1816-1844), Jonathan Johnson (1823-1829), And George M. Teeple (1847-1872), Lois Fischer Black
Theses
Manuscript records open a window to past events and cultures, often serving as a source of information the like of which is not available in printed form. An examination and analysis of three rural New York State physician's case record books, maintained during the nineteenth century, provides insight not only into the evolution practice of medicine, but also serves to highlight the differences between rural and urban routines.
Case records produced during the first half of the nineteenth century, such as those of David Hanford, who practiced between 1816 and 1844, and Jonathan Johnson, who left records of his medical …