American social historian (1915–2006)
James Harvey Young |
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| Born | (1915-09-08)September 8, 1915
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| Died | July 29, 2006(2006-07-29) (aged 90) |
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| Occupation(s) | Professor,social historian |
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James Harvey Young (September 8, 1915 – July 29, 2006) wassocial historian most well known as an expert on the history of medical frauds andquackery.[1][2][3]
Young was born inBrooklyn, New York. He received his Ph.D. in history from theUniversity of Illinois. From 1941 he worked as a Professor of history atEmory University.[4]
HisThe Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America (1967) was a scholarly volume that documented many of the medical frauds in the United States.[5][6]
- ^Harden, Victoria A. (2007)."James Harvey Young (1915–2006)". American Historical Association.
- ^Pearce, Jeremy. (2006)."James Harvey Young, 90, Dies; Wrote on Medical Quackery". The New York Times.
- ^Marcus, Donald M. (2008).James Harvey Young, PhD (1915–2006), Historian of Medical Quackery.Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc. 71(3): 16–21.
- ^"James Harvey Young". Emory University Newsletter.
- ^Cope, Zachary. (1968).Quacks In The U.S.A.British Medical Journal. Vol. 3, No. 5609. p. 43
- ^Anderson, Oscar E. (1968).The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America by James Harvey Young.The American Historical Review. Vol. 73, No. 5, p. 1665.
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