Case of Margaret L. Knight
Item
Dublin Core
Title
Case of Margaret L. Knight
Subject
Women
Description
Margaret Knight, case of self abuse and a charge of 40 dollars with Detailed prescriptions by Dr. John King. The belief by physicians of the period was that treatment was required to decrease sexual drive after death of spouse to prevent insanity and/or nymphomania.
Creator
John King, MD
Source
John King's Casebooks
Publisher
John King, handwritten notes
Date
1889
Rights
John King’s casebooks, 1866-1899, Lloyd Library & Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, used with permission
Format
text
Language
en
Type
Hand written Case on paper
Collection
Citation
John King, MD, “Case of Margaret L. Knight,” Forgotten Eclectic Medicine of the Gilded Age, accessed September 19, 2024, https://shumanmss.com/med/items/show/7.