Popular Print and Popular Medicine Almanacs and Health Advice in Early America |
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| Author:
| Horrocks, Thomas A. |
| Series title: | Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-657-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.