The American Practitioner and News. Vol. XXV. No. 3. Feb. 1, 1898

A window into American medicine at the dawn of the modern era. This February 1898 issue of The American Practitioner and News captures a profession in transition, where the ancient practice of bloodletting has finally fallen out of favor and surgeons grapple with emerging antiseptic techniques and experimental therapies. The journal features original case reports, clinical observations, and scholarly discussions from practicing physicians across the United States. Here you will find the concerns of doctors who worked without antibiotics, anesthesia breakthroughs still fresh, and the germ theory revolution still reshaping every specialty. For historians of medicine, medical professionals curious about their profession's roots, or anyone fascinated by the history of science, this journal offers an unvarnished look at how turn-of-the-century physicians understood disease, treated patients, and wrestled with the limits of their knowledge.