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Popular print and popular medicine : almanacs and health advice in early America

Title
Popular print and popular medicine : almanacs and health advice in early America / Thomas A. Horrocks.
Author
Horrocks, Thomas A.
Publication
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2008.

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Description
xii, 221 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Contents
Introduction: almanacs and the literature of popular health in early America -- Heavenly guidance -- Advice for the afflicted -- Prescribing prevention -- Health advice with an agenda.
Call Number
JFE 08-6454
ISBN
  • 9781558496576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1558496572 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781558496569 (library cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1558496564 (library cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008003103
OCLC
183179331
Author
Horrocks, Thomas A.
Title
Popular print and popular medicine : almanacs and health advice in early America / Thomas A. Horrocks.
Imprint
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-6454
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