I've plugged this book before, but it doesn't hurt to do so again.
     I've found it invaluable in understanding gender-related attitudes to
     health and medicine of the late 19th century.
 
     Haller, John S. and Robin M. Haller
       1974   The Physician and Sexuality in Victorian America. University
              of Illinois, Urbana and Chicago.
 
 
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Subject: public health and personal hygiene
Author:  Alexandra Chan <[log in to unmask]> at NP--INTERNET
Date:    2/18/98 12:57 PM
 
 
Does anyone have ideas on publications (either your own or someone else's)
that have dealt to some extent with the archaeology of personal hygiene and
public attitudes about sickness and health in the 19th century? I'm
particularly interested in changing roles of women in the household and
growing consumerism in the last century and how I might link those with the
presence of medicinal paraphernalia on archaeological sites.  Thanks for any
tips!
 
Alexandra Chan ([log in to unmask])
Boston University
PhD candidate/ Historical Archaeology
alexka ;)