“The Best Means of Retaining Health”: Self-Determined Health and Social Discipline in Early America

Tuthill, Maureen

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-59715-1_4

Maureen Tuthill²

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine ((PLSM))

179 Accesses

Abstract

“My name is Hygiea. I preside over the health of mankind. Discard all your medicines, and seek relief from temperance and exercise alone.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

English Department, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA
Maureen Tuthill

Authors

Maureen Tuthill
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Copyright information

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Tuthill, M. (2016). “The Best Means of Retaining Health”: Self-Determined Health and Social Discipline in Early America. In: Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel. Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59715-1_4

Download citation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59715-1_4
Published: 27 September 2016
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-59714-4
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-59715-1
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media StudiesLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics