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"Duffy is an outstanding historian of American medicine... This survey, taking account of more recent events and of new writing in the field, is a major historiographical event." -- James Harvey Young, author of The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 2 edition (May 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0252063007
ISBN-13: 978-0252063008
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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