Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Manuscript address, 1830 July., 1830 July. Digital
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Seth Hastings and Seth Hastings, Jr. commonplace books, medical records, and papers
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Series:
Series II. Seth Hastings, Jr., 1799-1830, undated.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27Identifier: H MS c292
Scope and Contents:
Remarks most likely given at the Oneida County Medical Society annual meeting. The speech focuses on "diseases of the mucous membranes which are peculiar to the female sex." According to Hastings, the delicacy of the female nervous system leads women to be "more susceptible to disease of body and mind than men." He further offers his thoughts on using certain "cures" that may cause more harm than good, urging physicians to use their own judgment in treating patients rather than following the...