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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Chang, Jane Jiyoung |
| Title | Intermingling of the Old and New: The Formation of Various German-American Medical Culture in Colonial and Early America, 1730-1820 |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | Ph.D -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Date | 2025 |
| Extent of Work | x, 263 pages : illustrations |
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| Abstract | Centered on Pennsylvania and specific sites in the South, this study argues that “German-American” medicine was made in practice. In particular, eighteenth-century Pennsylvania was home to German communities and a bustling print culture providing valuable insights into their social, cultural, and political activities. Whereas Germans in Europe were more accustomed to a structured system of medical care, Germans in North America found themselves in a strange, new land with both new remedies and new local diseases. With limited trained medical assistance available in the colonies, Germans resorted to medical books and recipes brought from home. As such, there was an intermingling of both untrained and trained laymen, women, clergy, and physicians who provided medical care from transatlantic prescriptions and local ecologies in German communities in colonial America. "German American" medical practices and networks emerged that integrated new knowledge of local surroundings with knowledge utilized in Europe. |
| Call Number | Digital file (PDF) |
| MKI Terms | Medicine & Health/ Folks-medicine/ 18th century/ 19th century/ Moravians/ Women/ German Americans -- Pennsylvania/ Almanacs, German -- United States/ Midwifey |