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(Mark Twain and His Circle Series.) By K. Patrick Ober. 362 pp., illustrated. Columbia, University of Missouri Press, 2003. $47.50. ISBN 0-8262-1502-5.

Both Mark Twain and his alter ego, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), had opinions about everything; they certainly had a lot to say about American medicine as it was practiced from the mid-19th century into the early 20th century.

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In this fine book, K. Patrick Ober relates Samuel Clemens's personal experiences with illness, his reflections on the failings of traditional allopathic medicine, and his encounters with diverse and competing medical therapies, including patent medicines, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, mind cure, osteopathy, homeopathy, and faith healing. Ober then integrates those accounts with Clemens's jocular and often sharp critiques of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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