Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900

Collection showcases the development of 'popular' medicine in America during the nineteenth century, through an extensive range of material that was aimed at the general public rather than medical professionals. 

All materials in the collection are fully text-searchable and include ...

• Books and Pamphlets – texts written to educate the general public, often by experienced practitioners who saw the need to freely disseminate their knowledge further. 
• Trade Cards – advertisements produced by commercial manufacturing companies to sell their medicinal products, including botanic remedies and medical devices. These documents are highly visual and showcase the wide variety of products on the market during this period all over America.
• Street and Anatomy Guides – memoranda, catalogues and factual pocket books on various health topics, many of which were aimed specifically at men and covered sexual issues.
• Ephemera – including receipts, billheads, invoices and sales documents from medical stores, warehouses and practitioners.
• Posters and Broadsides – illustrations, periodical covers, signs and other advertising media, many highly illustrated.
• Admission Cards – tickets, lists and other literature from medical lectures.
• Advertisements and Letters – mainly textual documents advertising medical services and products, and advocating certain treatments.