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Author:   Linda Myrsiades
Publisher:   Lehigh University Press
Imprint:   Lehigh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9781611461022

ISBN 10:   1611461022
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   18 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Illustrations Prolegomena The Trial Transcript Constructing the Plaintiff The Republican Narrative Yellow Fever and the Jeremiad Narrative The Image of Fever Chapter 1: Benjamin Rush and the Culture of Medicine Quacks and Factions The Culture of Medicine Rush's Treatments Doctors' Wars Chapter 2: Malpractice Law and Benjamin Rush Malpractice Law The Patient's Duty Medical Authority Physicians and the Law Whitworth and Young Samuel Thomson Rush and Malpractice Rush's Decision to Prosecute Chapter 3: William Cobbett and the Scurrilous Press Cobbett and the Press Porcupine and Style Trial by Press Satire Porcupine's Prints Press Feuds Cobbett's Attacks on Rush Sangrado the Bleeder The Vintner's Tales Chapter 4: Libel Law and William Cobbett Libel Cases Eleazer Oswald Sedition Cases Cobbett and the Law Changes in Legal Practice The Venue: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Fleeing the Trial Chapter 5: Sangrado v. the Cloven Foot, the Trial The Political Story The Story of Character The Secular Jeremiad The Contribution of Sermons Cobbett's Self-Defense Chapter 6: The Trial Concluded The Judge and the Jury Cobbett's Counsel Trial Strategy Afterword Cobbett's Flight to England The Death of George Washington Peter Porcupine v. Paul Polecat Bibliography

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In Law and Medicine in Revolutionary America, Linda Myrsiades links Americanism with professionalism and converts medical and legal history into a narrative of the nation. Marshalling a fascinating array of primary sources that includes trial records, press coverage, and personal correspondence, Myrsiades meticulously dissects the 1799 libel trial of Rush v Cobbett. By showing how its legal anatomy embodied the most pressing political and ethical questions of the emerging nation, Myrsiades makes a significant contribution to the study of medicine, law, and the humanities that will appeal to readers across a broad range of disciplines. -- Cathrine O. Frank, University of New England

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Linda Myrsiades is professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at West Chester University. She has most recently published Medical Culture in Revolutionary America: Feuds, Duels, and a Court Martial (2009).

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