Popular print and popular medicine
Subtitle: almanacs and health advice in early America
By: Thomas A. Horrocks.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781558496576; 9781558496569
Subjects: Almanacs, American -- History -- 18th century; Almanacs, American -- History -- 19th century; Medicine, Popular -- History -- 18th century; Medicine, Popular -- History -- 19th century; Social medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Social medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Medical literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Medical literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Astrology, American -- History -- 18th century; Astrology, American -- History -- 19th century
Description: Introduction: almanacs and the literature of popular health in early America -- Heavenly guidance -- Advice for the afflicted -- Prescribing prevention -- Health advice with an agenda.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.