Edward Bliss Emerson, the Medical Tourist

Authors

Wilfredo A. Géigel, University of the Virgin IslandsFollow

Abstract

Traveling for health reasons was not an unusual event for wealthy and wellto-do members of society both in North America and Europe in the early 19th century. Edward Bliss Emerson is an example of those who traveled for health reasons. Books and newspapers at that time, like today, incited the infirm to travel to far-away places where the climate and the surroundings would take care of their ills. This essay will look at medical tourism, especially in the Caribbean, as seen through the eyes of Edward Emerson.

Keywords

Tuberculosis, Medical tourism, Medical practices, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Edward Bliss Emerson

Acknowledgements

The author received no funding for this project and has no conflict of interest to report.

Publication Date

4-21-2014

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1243

Recommended APA Citation

Géigel, W. A. (2014). Edward Bliss Emerson, the Medical Tourist. The Qualitative Report, 19(16), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1243