Physician of the American Revolution - Jonathan Potts

Originally published in 1979, this was the first biography of Jonathan Potts, a prominent Pennsylvania Quaker and physician who served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. It was also the first study to be published since 1931 of the role of medical doctors in the northern campaigns. No detailed memoir by an army physician or surgeon has survived to document the conditions they faced. The military career of Dr. Potts, reconstructed here from source materials, including first-hand accounts by Potts and his contemporaries provides considerable information to fill this historical gap.

List of contents

1. An Apprenticeship in Philadelphia 2. A Term in Edinburgh 3. The Medical World of Jonathan Potts 4. The Doctor as Patriot 5. The Canadian Campaign and Fort Ticonderoga 6. With Washington on the Delaware 7. With Gates at Saratoga 8. The Valley Forge Hospitals 9. Pott’s Last Years Appendix I: A Table of Fees and Rates Appendix II: Illness in the American Ranks During the Revolution.

About the author

Richard L. Blanco was Professor of History at the SUNY, Brockport, USA.

Summary

Originally published in 1979, this was the first study to be published since 1931 of the role of medical doctors in the northern campaigns. The military career of Dr. Potts, reconstructed here from source materials, provides considerable information to fill this historical gap.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Blanco, Blanco Richard L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367642440
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64244-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: America - Revolution & Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence