A "Convenient Medium of Truth" [microform] : "Elsie Venner" and the Medicated Novels of Oliver Wendell Holmes / David L. Cole.

During his long career as medical doctor, professor, lecturer, and author, Oliver Wendell Holmes produced, among other notable works, three novels designed to caution the medical profession against giving precedence to cures over causes in the healing process: "Elsie Venner,""the Guar...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Cole, David L.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989.
Subjects:	Authors. Literary History. Literature Appreciation. Nineteenth Century Literature. Novels. Psychological Characteristics. United States Literature.