Download or read book History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr Morse s Indian Root Pills written by Robert B. Shaw and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business is a tracing of the history of the pharmacy and pill production company. Excerpt: "The Indian Root Pill business was carried on during most of its existence by two members of the Comstock family—father and son—and because of unusual longevity, this control by two generations extended for over a century. The plant was also located in Morristown for approximately ninety years."
Download or read book History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr Morse s Indian Root Pills written by Shaw Robert B and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform written by Christopher Hoolihan and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of rare books dealing with 'popular medicine' in early America which is housed at the University of Rochester Medical School library. The books described in the catalogue were written by physicians and other professionals to provide information for the non-medical audience. The books taught human anatomy, hygiene, temperance and diet, how to maintain health, and how to cope with illness especially when no professional help was available. The books promoted a healthy lifestyle for the readers, giving guidance on everything from physical fitness and recreation to the special health needs of women. The collection consists of works dealing with reproduction (from birth control to delivering and caring for a baby), venereal disease, home-nursing, epidemics, and the need for public sex education.
Download or read book Culinary Landmarks written by Elizabeth Driver and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-04-05 with total page 1326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culinary Landmarks is a definitive history and bibliography of Canadian cookbooks from the beginning, when La cuisinière bourgeoise was published in Quebec City in 1825, to the mid-twentieth century. Over the course of more than ten years Elizabeth Driver researched every cookbook published within the borders of present-day Canada, whether a locally authored text or a Canadian edition of a foreign work. Every type of recipe collection is included, from trade publishers' bestsellers and advertising cookbooks, to home economics textbooks and fund-raisers from church women's groups. The entries for over 2,200 individual titles are arranged chronologically by their province or territory of publication, revealing cooking and dining customs in each part of the country over 125 years. Full bibliographical descriptions of first and subsequent editions are augmented by author biographies and corporate histories of the food producers and kitchen-equipment manufacturers, who often published the books. Driver's excellent general introduction sets out the evolution of the cookbook genre in Canada, while brief introductions for each province identify regional differences in developments and trends. Four indexes and a 'Chronology of Canadian Cookbook History' provide other points of access to the wealth of material in this impressive reference book.
Download or read book The History and Evolution of Healthcare in America written by Thomas W. Loker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning of mankind, health and health issues have played a major role in life, but the issues and care have evolved enormously from the time when the first settlers set foot in America to the present. In The History and Evolution of Healthcare in America, author Thomas W. Loker provides a historical perspective on the state of healthcare and offers fresh views on changes to Obamacare. Insightful and thorough, The History and Evolution of Healthcare in America offers a look at - what healthcare was like at the birth of the nation; - how the practice of providing healthcare has changed for both caregivers and receivers; - why the process has become so corrupt and expensive; - what needs to happen to provide both choice and effective and efficient care for all; - where we need to most focus efforts to get the biggest change; - what is needed to get control over this out-of-control situation. Loker narrates a journey through the history of American healthcare-where we've been, how we arrived where we are today, and determine where we might need to go tomorrow. The history illustrates how parts of the problem have been solved in the past and helps us understand what might be necessary to solve our remaining problems in the future.
Download or read book Bibliography of the History of Medicine written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychological Consequences of the American Civil War written by R. Gregory Lande and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion of America's Civil War set off an ongoing struggle as a fractured society suffered the psychological consequences of four years of destruction, deprivation and distrust. Veterans experienced climbing rates of depression, suicide, mental illness, crime, and alcohol and drug abuse. Survivors, leery of conventional medicine and traditional religion, sought out quacks and spiritualists as cult memberships grew. This book provides a comprehensive account of the war-weary fighting their mental demons.
Download or read book The Economy written by Neil L. Shumsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 4 "THE ECONOMY’ of the American Cities; series. This collection brings together more than 200 scholarly articles pertaining to the history and development of urban life in the United States during the past two centuries. The selections in Volume 4 of the series concern the development of the urban economy since the early nineteenth century. Three groups of articles, each arranged chronologically, deal with three basic sectors of the economy—trade and commerce (especially retailing), manufacturing and industrialization, and finance. Individual articles address subjects as diverse as merchants and shopping malls, flour milling and scientific management, and the Chicago Board of Trade and redlining.
Download or read book Marketplace of the Marvelous written by Erika Janik and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a point Despite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods, subjecting patients to bleeding, blistering, and induced vomiting and sweating. Facing such horrors, many patients ran with open arms to burgeoning practices that promised new ways to cure their ills. Hydropaths offered cures using “healing waters” and tight wet-sheet wraps. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby experimented with magnets and tried to replace “bad,” diseased thoughts with “good,” healthy thoughts, while Daniel David Palmer reportedly restored a man’s hearing by knocking on his vertebrae. Lorenzo and Lydia Fowler used their fingers to “read” their clients’ heads, claiming that the topography of one’s skull could reveal the intricacies of one’s character. Lydia Pinkham packaged her Vegetable Compound and made a famous family business from the homemade cure-all. And Samuel Thomson, rejecting traditional medicine, introduced a range of herbal remedies for a vast array of woes, supplemented by the curative powers of poetry. Bizarre as these methods may seem, many are the precursors of today’s notions of healthy living. We have the nineteenth-century practice of “medical gymnastics” to thank for today’s emphasis on regular exercise, and hydropathy’s various water cures for the notion of regular bathing and the mantra to drink “eight glasses of water a day.” And much of the philosophy of health introduced by these alternative methods is reflected in today’s patient-centered care and holistic medicine, which takes account of the body and spirit. Moreover, these entrepreneurial alternative healers paved the way for women in medicine. Shunned by the traditionalists and eager for converts, many of the masters of these new fields embraced the training of women in their methods. Some women, like Pinkham, were able to break through the barriers to women working to become medical entrepreneurs themselves. In fact, next to teaching, medicine attracted more women than any other profession in the nineteenth century, the majority of them in “irregular” health systems. These eccentric ideas didn’t make it into modern medicine without a fight, of course. As these new healing methods grew in popularity, traditional doctors often viciously attacked them with cries of “quackery” and pressed legal authorities to arrest, fine, and jail irregulars for endangering public safety. Nonetheless, these alternative movements attracted widespread support—from everyday Americans and the famous alike, including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and General Ulysses S. Grant—with their messages of hope, self-help, and personal empowerment. Though many of these medical fads faded, and most of their claims of magical cures were discredited by advances in medical science, a surprising number of the theories and ideas behind the quackery are staples in today’s health industry. Janik tells the colorful stories of these “quacks,” whose oftentimes genuine wish to heal helped shape and influence modern medicine.
Download or read book Selected U S Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Casey Carpenter s Wild Goose Chase written by Jesse W. Thompson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casey Carpenter has three goals: Pass the bar exam before he turns 21; Gain revenge against a crooked district attorney; and third, find Ed Cooper's son who has run off to avoid prosecution for a crime he did not commit.
Download or read book Mr Gatling s Terrible Marvel written by Julia Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the life of the inventor of the Gatling gun--the first machine gun--and the impact of his invention on the expansion of the United States as a superpower and the international boom of the arms industry.
Download or read book Medical Science and Medical Industry written by J. Liebenau and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-06-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Dictionary of Canadian Biography written by Ramsay Cook and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1966 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet version contains all the information in the 14 volume print and CD-ROM versions; fully searchable by keyword or by browsing the name index.
Download or read book The Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
