John C. Gunn. Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend, in the hours of affliction, pain, and sickness. Digitized version 1847 edition. The 19th century in America marked a period where many lived in rural areas with little access to healthcare, and others did not trust allopathic healthcare. This century also saw a rise in the creation of home medical manuals, books that detailed diseases, causes, and treatments. Gunn's manual was particularly popular and had multiple editions starting in 1830 and continuing until the 234th edition issued in 1920! Editions have been digitized and are available online.
Materials on public health help understand larger patterns of illness, including discussion of prevalence and appearance of new diseases and possible treatments, including quarantine efforts.
Florida Health Notes- 1892-1975 Some volumes are available in digital versions. The linked site here is to a state site and includes a large number of scanned volumes.
Tuberculosis-
History- https://globaltb.njms.rutgers.edu/abouttb/historyoftb.php
PBS' American experience The Forgotten Plague episode- It is estimated that, at the dawn of the 19th c, tuberculosis had killed 1 in 7 of people who had ever lived. In the early 1800s it struck Americans with a vengeance- infecting all ages, socioeconomic status. In order to take advantage of the believed effective fresh air cure, many in the US moved to new cities in the south and west- it is believed that health seekers moving to the Los Angeles region played an important rol in stimulating the city's growth. Mountain air also was believed efficacious and in 1873- one of the most remote regions in the US, the Adirondack mountains were believe b Edward Trudeau to provide medicine for the lungs and he created the well known Saranac Lake sanitarium.
Mississippi- Mississippi State Sanatorium Museum https://www.brc.ms.gov/sanatorium https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/mississippi/the-sanatorium-museum-in-ms-will-fascinate-you
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/rayburn/554/
Sanitarium experience
Sunnyside: A First-Hand Account of the Sanitarium Experience
https://savingplaces.org/stories/tuberculosis-sanitariums-reminders-of-the-white-plaque
Olive View Sanitarium, Los Angeles, Archives
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tm7jgq/entire_text/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VJ6HNERiAQ
https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll2/id/19404/
Hookworm
Public Health: How the Fight Against Hookworm Helped Build a System
Medieval Europe
Treatment of snake bite
Kathleen Walker-Meikle. "Toxicology and Treatment: Medical Authorities and Snake-bite in the Middle Ages." Korot, vol. 22, 2013–2014
Toxicology and Treatment of Snake Bite.
Susan Scutti. "A brief history of antivenom." Global Health Matters. September / October 2022 | Volume 21 Number 5.
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