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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | How to treat the sick without medicine |
| Reference | 101932.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Helfand |
| Date | 1868 |
| Author | Jackson, James Caleb |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Austin, Jackson & Co.; Oakley & Mason |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | First Edition. Jackson describes a materia medica consisting of air, food, water, sunlight, dress, exercise, sleep, rest, social influences and mental & moral forces - detailing almost everyone of these in separate chapters. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | General Cures; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | medicine, cure, pharmacology, air, food, water, baths, clothing, sunlight, exercise, sleep, children, teething, diarrhoea, fits, eczema, itching, measles, croup, diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough, dysentery, baldness, deafness, blindness, inflammation, catarrh, brain, paralysis, edema, epilepsy, madness, hysteria, tuberculosis, bronchitis, pleuritis, blood, indigestion, colic, cancer, jaundice, diabetes, Bright's Disease, neuralgia, worms, piles, rheumatism, fever, typhus, erysipelas, acne, ulcer, burns |
| Parts of the Body | teeth, digestive organs, skin, respiratory system, lungs, head, ear, eyes, limb, kidneys, liver, urinary organs |
| 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. |
| Visual Content | View thumbnails |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |