Written at the end of his life, these reminiscences of a New England physician look back on medicine before germ theory: his first lessons, the electrical machine, measles treated with rum, patent pills for dropsy, cold shower-baths and his own illnesses. Alcott, a health reformer and cousin of Bronson Alcott, writes against the heavy drugging of his day.
A vivid document of nineteenth-century medicine and health reform, to be read as history and not as medical advice. Download the free EPUB.