S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914

Philadelphia's literary physician

By Nancy Cervetti

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Publish Date

2012

Publisher

Pennsylvania State University Press

Language

eng

Pages

295

Description:

"A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Physicians, Literature, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, Neurology, Biography, History, Mitchell, s. weir (silas weir), 1829-1914, Physicians, biography, Philadelphia (pa.), biography

People: S. Weir Mitchell (1829-1914)

Places: Philadelphia