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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Domestic homeopathy; or, Rules for the domestic treatment of the maladies of infants, children and adults and for the conduct and the treatment during pregnancy, confinement and suckling |
| Reference | 105668.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1843 |
| Author | Epps, John |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Boston:Otis Clapp, New York:William Radde, Philadelphia:J.G. Wesselhoeft |
| Place of Creation | Boston; New York; Philadelphia |
| Description | The first edition of Domestic Homeopathy was published at London in 1841. It was Epps' most successful published work and appeared in six London editions through 1863. This first American edition is a reprint of the second London edition (1842). |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Homeopathy; Women's Health; Children's Health |
| Keywords | disease, medicine, cure, pregnancy, childbirth, diet, baths, chilblains, corns, chickenpox, smallpox, fever, measles, scarlet fever, sprain, bruise, inflammation, headache, water, asthma, cold, cough, whooping cough, blood, pleuritis, constipation, piles, worms, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, air, faintness, menstruation, miscarriage, sleep, weaning, convulsions, thrush, teething |
| Parts of the Body | reproductive organs, head, eyes, respiratory system, skin, muscles, teeth |
| Additional Information | An 1826 Edinburgh medical graduate, Epps entered practice in London in 1827, where he also began to lecture on phrenology, a subject with which he had become familiar during his medical studies. Dissatisfied with the results of regular medicine, Epps began the study of homeopathy in 1838. |
| 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 |