Category 19th Century medical cures

Social Distancing in the 19th Century

March 31, 2020 · by · in 19th Century medical cures, About Writing, American West History, Social Distancing in the 19th Century, Strong women · 4 Comments

Patricia Grady Cox March 30, 2020 We’ve all been stressed this month. We’ll be even more stressed next month from the sound of it. Some of us, being in a group at high risk of severe complications should we contract COVID-19, have been isolating ourselves for weeks already. That gives the writers among of us […]

More 19th Century Medicine

August 10, 2016 · by · in 19th Century medical cures, 19th century medicine, 19th Century New York City, About Writing, American West History, Living in the Past, memories, Research, Sunstroke · 1 Comment

Patricia Grady Cox August 10, 2016 I can’t seem to stop reading this book! “The National Farmer’s and Housekeeper’s Cyclopaedia” contains too much useful information, especially if one is writing a novel set in this time period. This 1888 portal into the past offers not only the “science” but also the culture and attitudes of […]

ARE YOU SICK? HERE’S WHY!

August 4, 2016 · by · in 19th Century medical cures, 19th century medicine, About Writing, American West History, Living in the Past, Research · 5 Comments

Patricia Grady Cox August 3, 2016   I haven’t posted in a while due to a couple of relatively minor and totally fixable (now fixed) medical issues that kept me from typing. Instead, I worked on research for my current novel-in-progress and discovered I have a book entitled “The National Farmer’s and Housekeeper’s Cyclopaedia.” This book […]