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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Domestic Homeopathy … With additions and improvements by Gideon Humphrey, M.D |
| Reference | 68126.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Chew |
| Date | 1839 |
| Author | Cürie, P. F.; Humphrey, Gideon |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Harding, J |
| Place of Creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Description | Homeopaths believed that the smaller the does the more effective the medicine, an idea that was widely ridiculed but which kept doses as small as one-millionth of a gram, thereby allowing nature's healing power to work. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Homeopathy; Health and Hygiene; Children's Health; Women's Health |
| Keywords | surgeon, hospital, hygiene, water, food, medicine, disease, thrush, asthma, miscarriage, burns, headache, colic, blood, constipation, convulsions, pleuritis, diarrhoea, dysentery, childbirth, poison, inflammation, jaundice, lumbago, fever, measles, smallpox, menstruation, toothache, chickenpox, rheumatism, worms, vomiting |
| Parts of the Body | eyes, skin, lungs, digestive organs, reproductive organs, breasts, teeth |
| Additional Information | Curie was one of the earliest proponents of homeopathy in London and a prolific author. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |