Forgotten Eclectic Medicine of the Gilded Age

Sources and Image Sources

CASE IMAGES

John King’s casebooks, 1866-1899, Lloyd Library & Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. Permission granted

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PRIMARY SOURCES

Professor John King, MD. Quote in "Introductory Lecture." Cincinnati: Printed at the Eclectic Medical Publishing Office, 1852. Prof. J. King's Introductory lecture : King, John, 1813-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

John Scudder, MD. Quote in The Eclectic Practice Of Medicine. Cincinnati: Medical Publishing Co., 1885. http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101247940.

"The Eclectic Medical Journal." Western Medical Reformer xlv, no. 1 (1885). Nineteenth Century Collections Online (accessed April 9, 2022). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/MKCIFC077667852/NCCO?u=viva_gmu&sid=bookmark-NCCO&xid=a67c5400.

Henry T. Byford et al.  An American textbook of gynecology, medical and surgical : for practitioners and students. Edited by J.M Baldy. (Philadelphia, Saunders, 1898). https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ch7na9tu/items

John King, MD. Women : their diseases and their treatment, (Cincinnati. Longley Brothers, 1858.) https://wellcomecollection.org/works/b4utqduh

John King, MD. King’s Obstetrics. (Cincinnati, OH. Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin, 1866.)

John King, MD. American Eclectic Dispensatory. (Cincinnati, OH. Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. 1856.).https://archive.org/search.php?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A697637516%22

 Prof. J. King's Introductory lecture. ( Cincinnati : Printed at the Eclectic Medical Publishing Office, 1852.) Prof. J. King's Introductory lecture : King, John, 1813-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Alice Stockham, MD. Tokology A book for every Woman. (Chicago : A. B. Stockham. 1889. ) https://archive.org/search.php?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1040547603%22

Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy, and Materia Medica.
Pharmacy Series No. 5
Biographies of John King, MD, Andrew Jackson Howe, MD, and John Milton Scudder, MD. Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica, Issue 19 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Charles Millspaugh. Medicinal plants : an illustrated and descriptive guide to plants indigenous to and naturalized in the United States which are used in medicine, their description, origin, history, preparation, chemistry and physiological effects fully described ...(Philadelphia : J.C. Yorston.1892.) https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6467

John E. Potter. The ladies' medical guide : a complete instructor and counsellor, embracing a full and exhaustive account of the structure and functions of the reproductive organs, the diseases of females and children, with their causes, symptoms and treatment, the toilet considered in reference to female health, beauty and longevity, etc., etc., etc., with an appendix containing startling facts in plain words for mothers and the young (Philadelphia : John E. Potter, 1875). https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d3x7sdkj

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 ed; Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898 ed, A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life, (Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. 1893.) A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life : Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

C. B. Winslow.1876. “The Alpha, August 1, 1876--No. 12.” Alpha (Washington, DC) 1 (12): 6. https://search-ebscohost-com.mutex.gmu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=h9m&AN=64176528&site=ehost-live. 

Secondary Sources

[1] Haller, Jr. John S.. A Profile in Alternative Medicine : The Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, 1835-1942. Ashland: The Kent State University Press, 2012. ProQuest Ebook.

[2] Haller, Jr. John S.. A Profile in Alternative Medicine : The Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, 1835-1942. Ashland: The Kent State University Press, 2012. Accessed April 10, 2022. ProQuest Ebook,

[3] “A brief history of the Lloyd Library and Museum.” Lloyd Library and Museum. 2022. A Brief History of the Lloyd Library and Museum - Lloyd Library

 

Drug Bank Online. "Podophyllin." Podophyllin: Uses, Interactions, Mechanism of Action | DrugBank Online. Website design by Educe Design & Innovation Inc.

Ian Webster. "Inflation Calculator." Used for calculation of costs for medicines in today's dollars. $25 in 1899 → 2022 | Inflation Calculator (in2013dollars.com)

Ada Mcvean. "The History of Hysteria." McGill University. Office For Science and Society. July 31, 2017.  The History of Hysteria | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

TheStraightUp. Pre-Prohibtion Cocktails and Modern Twists on Classics. "Calisaya." September 2, 2013. Calisaya | The Straight Up (drinkstraightup.com)

Bevin Clare. "Sassafra:Sweet, spicy, slimy medicine." October 4, 2019. Sassafras: Sweet, spicy, slimy medicine — Bevin Clare

Nux Vomica. Uses, Side Effects, and More. WebMD. NUX VOMICA: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews (webmd.com)

Carol Angle. OTC Drug Review and Toxic Anachronisms. JAMA. 1975;233(3):226. doi:10.1001/jama.1975.03260030016006.

Evanston History Center. "Alice Bunker Stockham. Evanston Women's History Project. "Alice Bunker Stockham – Evanston Women's History Project