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Author Horrocks, Thomas A

Title Popular print and popular medicine : almanacs and health advice in early America / Thomas A. Horrocks
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) : illustrations
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Introduction. Almanacs and the Literature of Popular Health in Early America -- 1. Heavenly Guidance -- 2. Advice for the Afflicted -- 3. Prescribing Prevention -- 4. Health Advice with an Agenda
Analysis "Multi-User"
Notes OldControl:muse9781613761113
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-211) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Astrology, American -- History -- 19th century
Astrology, American -- History -- 18th century
Medical literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Medical literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Social medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Social medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Medicine, Popular -- History -- 19th century
Medicine, Popular -- History -- 18th century
Almanacs, American -- History -- 19th century
Almanacs, American -- History -- 18th century
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading.
Almanacs, American.
Astrology, American.
Medical literature.
Medicine, Popular.
Social medicine.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008003103
ISBN 9781613761113
1613761112
1558496572
9781558496576