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Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900

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Adam Matthew Digital

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108290

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Explore the medicine chests and bookshelves of the everyday nineteenth-century American through a colourful array of advertisements, popular texts and much more.

Uncover the history of 'popular' remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America, through primary source materials from the extensive collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The intended audience for these fascinating materials was the ordinary man in the street rather than medical professionals, with the focus on treatment at home using an array of inventive methods and fashionable techniques. Discover popular trends such as phrenology, herbal medicine and hydrotherapy, and the rise of widespread advertising by commercial manufacturers of medical aids.

Period Covered

• 1800-1900
  

Highlights

• A wide-ranging collection of illustrated trade cards, advertising popular remedies.
  
• Popular texts written for the general public to educate them on treating their medical conditions themselves.
  
• Ephemera and business documents relating to manufacturing and advertising.
  
• Writings on preventive medicine and guides to a healthy regimen.
  
• 'Self-help' guides, focusing on common topics of interest such as sexual health, childbirth, and care of children.
  

Source Archives

• The Library Company of Philadelphia
  
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
  

Material Types

• Advertisements (in the form of posters, broadsides, trade cards, leaflets)
  
• Popular educational texts aimed at a non-professional audience
  
• Writings on preventive medicine and guides to a healthy regimen
  
• Ephemera and business documents
  
• 'Self-help' guides
  

Editorial Board

• James Green, The Library Company of Philadelphia
  
• William H Helfand, Collector
  
• Charles E Rosenburg, Harvard University
  

Subjects

• Botanic Medicine and Homeopathy
  
• Women's Health
  
• Phrenology
  
• Sexual Health
  
• Health and Hygiene
  
• The Thomsonian movement
  
• Children's Health
  
• Production and Trade
  
• Electrotherapy and Hydrotherapy
  

Key Features

• A fully searchable visual gallery of illustrations, advertisements and posters
  
• Online exhibitions, showcasing some of the collection's highlights
  
• Carefully selected external links to aid research
  
• An interactive chronology charting key dates in the history of popular medicine
  
• A glossary of medical terms
  
• Topical academic essays from leading scholars
  

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