S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914: Philadelphia's Literary Physician - Paperback

by Nancy Cervetti (Author)

A biography of Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell. Examines his life and his interactions with many prominent nineteenth-century Americans, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jane Addams, Winifred Howells, Edith Wharton, William Osler, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Walt Whitman, and Andrew Carnegie.

Author Biography

Nancy Cervetti is Professor of English at Avila University.