Beschrijving
What was it like for the individuals who suffered and died from those illnesses, for the health practitioners and institutions that attended to them, and for the families who buried and mourned them? This title addresses these questions by examining the history of mortality in several small communities in western Massachusetts.
Explores the impact of changing medical practices on ordinary people in nineteenth-century America. How does the experience of sickness, death, and loss change over time? We know that the incidence and virulence of particular diseases have varied from one period to another, as has their medical treatment. But what was it like for the individuals who suffered and died from those illnesses, for the health practitioners and institutions that attended to them, and for the families who buried and mourned them? In \
