The Story of Our Health Message -- Study Guide

“Movements Toward Therapeutic Reform” (28-37)

1. In the late eighteenth century what did Dr. William Wright discover regarding the treatment of typhus fever? (28-30)
SHM-SG 5.1

2. The Austrian peasant __________________ early in the nineteenth century treated illness with ____________________________________. (31, 32) SHM-SG 5.2

3. In the twenty years (1843-1863) before Mrs. White had her most comprehensive health reform vision, more than __________________ books were written in America and Europe on the subject of hydrotherapy. (33) SHM-SG 5.3

4. Two American physicians who were among the “water cure” pioneers were __________________ and __________________. (33, 34) SHM-SG 5.4

5. What ten substances or instrumentalities did Dr. Jackson use in his treatment of patients? (34)

SHM-SG 5.5

6. Dr. Jackson’s adopted daughter __________________ associated with him at a water cure establishment at __________________ New York, and helped to edit a monthly magazine __________________. (34) SHM-SG 6.1

7. According to the Water Cure Journal, at least __________________ hydropathic institutions were operating in the 1850s. (36) SHM-SG 6.2

8. An MD degree could be earned at Dr. Trall’s school in New Jersey in __________________ months. (36) SHM-SG 6.3

9. Dr. J. C. Jackson, along with other health reformers, recognized the relationship between obedience to __________________ and __________________. (37) SHM-SG 6.4