The Unburied Dead - Pamphlet Regarding the Influenza Epidemic of 1918
date: label: date made
content: 1918
notes: label: Description
content: Two page paper pamphlet, stapled, with red cover. Dated 28th October, 1918.
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content: In his pamphlet, "The Unburied Dead," Guy Beckley Stearns, M.D., discusses homeopathic remedies employed in the influenza epidemic of 1918. The author blames "empiric drugs" -- aspirin, acetanilid, drastic cathartics, camphorated oil, and heart simulants -- for adding to the number of deaths. Recommended homeopathic remedies include: Arsenicum Album, Bryonia, Gelsemium, Eupatorium Perf., Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Veratrum Virid., Phosphorus, Antimonium Tart., Sulphur, Hepar Sulph., Ipecac, Capsicum, Camphor, and Iodine. Remedies were to be used in dilution from 6X and up; 30th and higher dilutions work best when the remedy corresponds closely to the case.
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content: Guy Beckley Stearns (16 September 1870 – 1947) was an American homeopathic physician serving as Associate Professor of Materia Medica at New York Homeopathic Medical College at the time of the pandemic. In 1919, he wrote a more complete treatise on the subject entitled, Treatment of Influenza.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: related event
content: 1918–1920 flu pandemic
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Influenza
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content: Gift of William H. Helfand
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.3052.37
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content: 1991.3052.37
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content: 1991.3052
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pamphlet, influenza
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content: advertising device
label: Other Terms
content: Pamphlet; Flat; Adverising
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 13.9 cm x 21.3 cm; 5 15/32 in x 8 3/8 in