Orgins of American Medicine: New England, 1620-1723

描述（由申请人提供）： 这项拨款建议是为了获得为期两年的资金，以完成一本书的手稿，题为“美国医学的起源：新英格兰，1620-1723”。 这本书将是第一个全面的肖像健康，疾病，和医疗实践在新英格兰在第一个世纪的英国殖民地。 这本书将包括九个章节，涵盖的主题是环境和模式，男性保健从业人员，医学教育，妇女和愈合，疾病的经验，医学伦理和法学，美洲原住民和英国医学之间的冲突，医生和巫术，并介绍接种。 本书的研究主要由阅读原始资料组成--大部分是手稿形式。 这些原始资料包括日记、日记、信件、法庭记录、笔记本、城镇记录、教会记录、遗嘱和财产清单。 这些记录，已经全部或部分检查，位于马萨诸塞州历史学会，马萨诸塞州档案馆，埃塞克斯研究所，美国古物学会，新英格兰历史宗谱学会，和其他存储整个新英格兰。 私家侦探他要求从2002年12月1日到2004年11月31日的12周旅费，到马萨诸塞州波士顿完成他的研究，以及两年的教学和行政职务释放时间，以便他完成他的手稿。 这本书的手稿已经与约翰霍普金斯大学出版社签订了合同。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant proposal is to obtain funding for a period of two years to complete a book manuscript entitled, "The Origins of American Medicine: New England, 1620-1723". This book will be the first comprehensive portrait of health, disease, and medical practice in New England during the first century of English colonization. The book will consist of nine chapters covering the topics of environment and modality, male health care practitioners, medical education, women and healing, the experience of illness, medical ethics and jurisprudence, the conflict between Native American and English medicine, medical practitioners and witchcraft, and the introduction of inoculation. The research for this book consists largely of reading primary sources-mostly in manuscript form. These primary source materials include diaries, journals, letters, court records, notebooks, town records, church records, wills, and inventories. These records, already examined in whole or in part, are located at the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Massachusetts Archives, the Essex Institute, the American Antiquarian Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and other repositories throughout New England. The P.I. is asking for funding from December 1st, 2002 through November 31st, 2004 for twelve weeks of travel expenses to Boston, MA to complete his research, and for two years of release time from teaching and administrative duties in order for him to complete his manuscript. The book manuscript is already contracted with the Johns Hopkins University Press.