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334 Notes of Lectures (Eberle), 152 Notes on ... a Phrenological Visit (Combe), 226 Notices of Cincinnati (Drake), 128 Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal, 159 Ohio Medical College (See Medical College of Ohio) Ohio Medical Repository, 159 Ohio Medical Repository of Original and Selected Intelligence, 157 Ohio State Medical Society, 25 5 "Old Hydrarg" (Dr. John Moorhead), 105 On the Theory and Practice of Medicine (Eberle), 193 Organ of Sensibility, 234 Organon der Rationellen Heilkunde (Hahnemann), 201, 302-303 (note 2) Outlines of the Neurological System of Anthropology (Buchanan), 228 Palmer, A. B., 159 Parker, Willard, 131 "Patent" Medicines: agents, 270-271; attacks on, 286-287; newspapers and, 268-270; pioneers' use of, 271; sample advertising, 269, 272-285 Pathology and Therapeutics (Cooke), 103 Pelletier and Caventou, 106 Peninsular and Independent Medical Journal, 160 Peninsular Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, 159 Perkins, Benjamin D., 86 Perkins, Elisha, 85-87 Perrine, Henry, 106 Pests and varmints, 29-30 Peter, Robert, 124 Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences, 106-107 Phrenology, 222-226 Phreno-Magnetic Society of Cincinnati Journal, 323 Phthisis (See Sickness in the West) Physio-Medical and Surgical Journal, 323 Physio-Medical Institute, 186 Physio-Medical Recorder, 186 Physio-Medicalism, 184 Physiopathic College of Ohio, 186 Physician at Hand . . . (Smith), 91 Pioneer doctor: drugs and materia medica, 105-106, 305 (note 5) ; equipment, 99-100; fees and payment, 101-102; library, 150-151; theory and practice, 102-118 Pioneer Life in Kentucky (Drake), 298-299 (note 40) Pitcher, Zana, 114, 144, 160 Pollack, Simon, 166 Pope, Charles A., 135
335 "Pope's College," 135 "Potency," 206 Potter, Nathaniel, 22-23 Powwowing (See Folk and Charm-Cures) Poyen, Charles, 226 Practical Treatise of Foreign Bodies in the Air Passage (Gross), 151 Practical Treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Women and Girls (Eastman), 91-92 Practice of Medicine according to the . . . Botanic Colleges (Kost), 176 Preceptorial system of medical education, 119-120 Preston, S. and C. A., 176 Priesnitz, Vincent, 219 Prince, David, 1 3 8 Principles of Medicine (Scudder), 196 "Psora," 207 Psychometry, 234-2i6 Psychrolousia, or the History of Cold Bathing . . ., 219 Puerperal fever, 292 (note 12) "PuUikin," 161 Pulmel, 275-276 Pulmisf (Rafinesque), 274-275 Pulte, Joseph v., 209, 211 Ptire Materia Medica (Hahnemann), 201 Pyles, Thomas, 301 (note 4), 315 Quackery, Regulars' denunciation of, 241-246 Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus, 307 "Quilling" (See Childbirth) Quimby, Phineas Parkhurst, 227 Quinine, 106-108 Rafinesque-Schmaltz, Constantine Samuel, 44-45, 176, 223, 274-277 Reed, Isaac, 141 Reformed Botanies (See Eclecticism) Reformed Medical Academy of New York, 190-191 Reformed Medical School of Cincinnati, 192 Reformed Medical Society of the United States, 191 Regulation of doctors (See Legal regulation) "Resurrectionists," 123, 13 8, 250-251, 304 (note 11) Richards, George W., 137-138 Richmond, John, 116 Ridgely, Frederick, 121 Rives, Landon C, 131, 157 Robinson, Samuel, 175-176, 249 Rogers, Coleman, 128-129 Rosa, Storm, 210
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THE DOCTOR ON HORSEBACK
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Copyright 1945 by R. Carlyle Buley
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FOREWORD 1 n this book, first publi
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" I. "HE'S AILIN' CONTENTS II. HOME
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Within a few hours it was well belo
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10 whites who reached the Mississip
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12 that this would only make things
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14 to get tenderers for the sick. I
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16 that the quantity of ardent spir
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18 gan Territory "shook so that the
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20 When the postponingy when it occ
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22 Black Tongue, was epidemic at di
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24 physician or other citizen of th
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26 by November 8. It was estimated
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28 and collapse. The fate of many v
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30 phur was an effective specific.
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32 dence of virility and social sta
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34 of this survey, an exception is
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36 Naturally Indian influences were
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38 which Serve for the use of Medic
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40 through the writings of Spanish
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42 the oven, let cool, and let the
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44 of the United States or Medical
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46 possession of cures, simples, et
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48 SHORT SKETCH OF THE AND ADVENTUR
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50 effect, then made the wicked pup
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52 Followed more wandering. At Lync
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54 'Since man, to man, is so unjust
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56 Yet eagerly each one displays, H
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58 Carter's compendium of cures—
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60 should abstain from the use of s
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^ 62 ''So tie my hands as fast behi
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64 to get wet or expose yourself to
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66 add to each dose about one-eight
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70 certain cases recommended, also
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71 of his son-in-law, Dr. S. H. Sel
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74 to please, for hundreds have rui
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76 beliefs. Woe betide the pioneer
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78 the latter was likely to steal h
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80 able warts possessed, in a parce
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" 82 house at midnight alone at the
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84 quart of sweet milk In a new ear
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S6 on the other, half round on one
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88 of the spine, hip complaint, dis
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90 lancet. One of the early works o
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92 midwifery" and a section on dise
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94 zation was the prime mortal caus
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96 the unhappy victim. So indiffere
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DOCTORS: BLEED. BLISTER. AND PURGE
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100 plicated equipment for diagnosi
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102 to $10; amputation of leg or ar
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104 accumulation of blood in the ve
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106 malpractice. Whether the ballad
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108 Yandell of Louisville, who had
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no released by a trigger, swept the
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112 redness of skin and blistering.
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114 into the principal cities of Eu
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116 phia Eclectic Repertory and Ana
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118 able dose of opium and a quanti
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120 Upon completion of the apprenti
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122 the Transylvania School." The r
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124 racy," "scoundrel," "seduction
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126 erant schoolmasters, wandering
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128 product of the West to be gradu
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130 ship at Transylvania, where he
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132 in management, however, delayed
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134 more stable existence and conti
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136 and ridicule, never at a loss t
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138 in 1847, of the first state hos
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140 cago Medical College in 1863, a
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142 in medical education. According
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144 and temperance agitation of the
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146 were to be its medical and surg
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148 Chicago had a number of hospita
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150 by the following year, likewise
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152 special use of students he publ
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154 ment of which every doctor in A
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156 WESTERN JOURNAL MEDICAIi AND PH
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158 such items of public interest a
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160 and Drs. Zana Pitcher, "W. Brod
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162 to advantage by fastidious pers
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164 devote as much of his time in l
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166 eye specialists began to appear
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168 of the faith in our art," wrote
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170 the emetic lobelia, which in la
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172 whole body from the air, and th
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174 or any honest man, as they are
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176 copy right in Boston, and print
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178 waiting an hour and a half, I a
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180 Howard and most of his family f
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182 while preaching the advantages
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184 convention address he summarize
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186 honored with the presence of se
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188 "Take a double handful of Wild-
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190 sons . . . [which] under the or
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192 by Dr. Thomas Vaughan Morrow as
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194 and regular, and failed to attr
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196 in the same building in which D
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198 Indianapolis in 1857, and in th
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200 Erlangen, from which he was gra
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202 to avoid any mistake in their e
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204 would be absurd and injurious t
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206 to the billionth, trillionth, q
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208 cure," things were in a bad way
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210 a special brochure, "The Preten
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212 is still a barren field." Drawi
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214 the honors of the College, as I
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216 a lease on the building in 1858
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218 In the Cincinnati Lancet and Ob
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220 seriousness of his condition. T
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222 gradually took up Grahamism and
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224 America" and "The American Spur
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226 travels, Notes on the United St
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228 Buchanan's father was a profess
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230 continually downcast obey with
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232 destruction of health and Hfe b
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234 Dr. Carter had his hypo, Dr. Th
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236 of the mode of life. In many ca
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238 the shade. He would confess, on
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WHO IS A DOCTOR CHAPTER VI ^Who sha
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242 they became weaker with the adv
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244 tended cures; and handbill away
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246 that plant remedies, some good,
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248 A somewhat different kind of tr
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250 in the future, medical schools
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252 As frontier communities settled
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254 forming to the procedure specif
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256 "studied physic and surgery for
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258 required by this law to render
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260 annual meeting of the Society,
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262 Wisconsin in 1841 incorporated
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264 or distributors to go even to P
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266 Castor oil, sweet oil, essence
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268 The pioneer doctor wrote few pr
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270 Occasionally an editor joined t
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) 274 Already by 1830, in addition
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276 or Concentrated Salt of Pulmel,
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278 and Ague, &c. . . ." Though it
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280 Fifteen years later Morrison's
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282 had in mind in the 1850's when
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