Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

7/1/1993 - 6/30/1996

Funding Totals

$97,000.00 (approved)
$97,000.00 (awarded)


Domestic Medicine in America: A History of Lay Intervention in Illness, (1620-1720)

FAIN: RH-21127-93

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Chicago, IL 60612-4305)
Norman Gevitz (Project Director: October 1992 to December 1996)

To support a study of the role and importance of domestic medicine in America from 1620 to 1920, exploring the place of lay medical care with respect to family life and in the context of a variety of social and cultural movements.