‘My Master and Friend’: Social Networks and Professional Identity in American Medicine, 1789–1815
Affiliation:
1. Department of History, Sewanee: The University of the South, 735 University Avenue, TN 37383, USA
Abstract
Summary
Between 1789 and 1813, over 3,000 men received medical instruction in Philadelphia from physician and educator Benjamin Rush. Despite the fact that on average students remained for only 1.4 years of formal education, this cohort of American doctors formulated a national and professional identity grounded in shared experiences and fostered through interpersonal networks. This essay argues that a networked approach to studying early American doctors will provide more robust information about the development of a distinctive American medical profession in the nineteenth century. Using large data sets gleaned from manuscript sources this project uncovers patterns of migration and communication for otherwise invisible American medical men.
Funder
Alfred M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation Fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
History,Medicine (miscellaneous)
Cited by
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