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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The gentleman’s hand-book of homoeopathy especially for travellers and for domestic practice |
| Reference | 105681.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rosenberg |
| Date | 1855 |
| Author | Guernsey, Egbert |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Boston [Mass.], Otis Clapp; New York [N.Y.], William Radde |
| Place of Creation | Boston; New York |
| Description | First edition. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Homeopathy; Physiology |
| Keywords | homeopathy, domestic, disease, cure, hygiene, food, nourishment, diet, temperature, brain, alcohol, tobacco, air, baths, clothing, lifestyle, faculties, marriage, tuberculosis, water, urinary, cold, influenza, cough, pleuritis, laryngitis, bronchitis, asthma, fever, itching, ringworms, scarlet fever, measles, ulcer, boils, neuralgia, inflammation, toothache, indigestion, vomiting, dysentery, jaundice, cholera, constipation, piles, burns, bites, rheumatism, poison, electricity, magnetism, venereal disease |
| Parts of the Body | respiratory system, digestive organs, nervous system, skin, urinary organs, lungs, head, eyes, teeth |
| Additional Information | Guernsey's manual is divided into two parts. Part one occupies the first one hundred pages and is devoted to hygiene and to the influence of climate on health. Part two contains fourteen chapters addressing diseases of the respiratory organs, fevers, cutaneous diseases, affections of the brain and nervous system, etc. |
| 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 |