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The homœopathist, or domestic physician / by C. Hering.

Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880, author.
Contributor:
Library Company of Philadelphia, owner.
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Homeopathy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 volume (xii, 217 pages)).
Edition:
Second American, with additions from the fourth German edition.
Other Title:
Homoeopathist, or domestic physician
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : [publisher not identified], 1844.
Notes:
Collection reference: 105735.D
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.
This book came with 46 vials of pills for 5 dollars, with simple instructions about which to take for which ailment. However, most homeopaths were trained physicians who discouraged home treatment. By 1860 there were 2500 of them in the US.
Translated from German.
Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).

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