Popular Print and Popular Medicine

Thomas A. Horrocks

University of Massachusetts Press, 2008

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Demonstrates that the almanac was a leading source of health information in America prior to the Civil War. This book contends that the almanac was an integral component of a complicated, fragmented, semi-vernacular health literature of the period, and that the genre played a leading role in disseminating astrological health advice.

ISBN-13
9781558496576
ISBN-10
1558496572
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Year
2008
Publication date
2008-07-16
Pages
224
Dimensions
220x147x17
Weight
358