1855 12ct ANATOMICAL Wall Charts ANATOMY Physiology WOMEN HandPainted MEDICAL NY
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New York Hydropathic and Physiological School
New York Hydropathic and Physiological School was founded by Russell Thacher Trall, MD on October 1, 1853 at 15 Laight Street, in New York City. It is chiefly notable today as one of the first medical schools in the United States to admit women candidates for the Doctor of Medicine degree. New England Female Medical College in Boston was the first, opening its doors in 1848. In 1855 the school graduated 50 physicians, "...about half of which were women." By an act of the New York State Legislature in 1857 the school's name was changed to New York Hygeio-Therapeutic College and the school was authorized to confer the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1858 the school graduated another 60 physicians, and again the number of female graduates was about half that number. The school emphasized hydropathy, also known as the "water cure, " dietary therapies, sanitation, hygiene, exercise, and abandoning most of the materia medica used by allopathic physicians. Founder Russell T. Trall was one of the first medical advocates of Vegan nutrition. The school moved to Florence, New Jersey by 1869 and continued in operation until 1875 when it was offered for sale. Trall died in 1877 and is buried in Florence, New Jersey.
Russell Thacher Trall
Born August 5, 1812 Vernon, Connecticut Died September 23, 1877 Florence, New Jersey Occupation Hydropathic physician, writer Russell Thacher Trall (August 5, 1812 – September 23, 1877) was an American physician and proponent of hydrotherapy, natural hygiene and vegetarianism. Biography Trall was born in Vernon, Connecticut. He trained in medicine and obtained his M.D. in 1835 from Albany Medical College but broke away from conventional medical methods. Trall practiced alternative medicine in New York City from 1840. He was influenced by the water cure movement and established his own water-cure institution in New York in 1844. He later founded a hydropathic college that issued diplomas. It became known as the New York Hygeio-Therapeutic College. He transferred operations to New Jersey in 1867, with his Hygeian Home. He edited The Water-Cure journal, which he later renamed The Herald of Health. Thrall was an advocate of a system known as "hygeiotherapy", a mixture of hydrotherapy with diet and exercise treatment regimes that included fresh air, hygiene and massage. It almost disappeared by his death in 1877 but was revived by Sebastian Kneipp in the 1890s. He was an influential promoter of vegetarianism and was Vice-President of the American Vegetarian Society.Trall's The Hygeian Home Cook-Book published in 1874 is the first known vegan cookbook. The book contained recipes "without the employment of milk, sugar, salt, yeast, acids, alkalies, grease, or condiments of any kind." In 1910, physician David Allyn Gorton noted that Trall's diet was "most simple and abstemious, consisting chiefly of Graham bread, hard Graham crackers, fruits, and nuts—two meals a day, without salt."Selected publicationsThe Hydropathic Encyclopedia (two volumes, 1851)Fruits and Farinacea: The Proper Food of Man (illustrations and notes, 1856)The New Hydropathic Cook-Book (1857)Water-Cure for the Million (1860)Hand-Book of Hygienic Practice (1864)The Hygienic Hand-Book (1873)The Hygeian Home Cook-Book (1874)
Dr. Cordelia A. Greene Born July 5, 1831 Near Lyons, NYDied January 28, 1905 Castile, NY
Physician, suffragist and philanthropist Cordelia Agnes Greene was born near Lyons, New York on July 5, 1831. Her parents, Jabez and Phila Cooke Greene, were farmers from New England. Cordelia Greene was one of five children. As a young girl, Greene was affected by the religious revivals then sweeping through upstate New York. Her parents, once Quakers (Society of Friends), had converted to Presbyterianism. Greene herself had a conversion experience which would influence her commitment to social causes throughout her life. When she was sixteen, Greene earned her teacher’s certificate. She taught in country schools until her father opened a water-cure sanitarium in Castile, New York in 1849. At that time, the water cure (or hydrotherapy) was a popular treatment for a number of chronic diseases. It involved taking frequent baths and drinking lots of water, combined with outdoor exercise. Greene quit teaching and went to work for her father as a nurse in the sanitarium. With the money she earned from this job, she was eventually able to pursue her dream of becoming a physician. She moved to Philadelphia and enrolled in the newly-opened Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she became their first student to receive a medical degree, in 1853. She continued her studies in Cleveland, where she graduated with honors from Cleveland Medical College (later Case Western Reserve) in 1856. One of the three women in her class was Marie Zakrzewska, who later went on to found the New England Hospital for Women and Children. Greene returned to Upstate New York after her graduation and assumed a position as the assistant to Dr. Henry Foster, a fellow graduate of Cleveland Medical College who owned the water cure establishment in Clifton Springs. She worked there for six years, until her father’s death, when she returned to Castile take over his sanitarium at the suggestion of her brother. She was to hold her position as the medical director at the Castile sanitarium until shortly before her death, when her niece, Dr. Mary T. Greene, took her place. Cordelia Greene was a respected member of the medical community. She often gave lectures on preventive medicine, and at one point chaired the Educational Committee of the Woman’s Medical Society of New York State.Image of letter from E. Crossett to C. Greene A member of the American Medical Association (AMA), she served on the AMA’s Committee for Preventive Medicine. She was also a member of the New York State Medical Association, and served as president of their Wyoming County branch, which often held their meetings at her facility. One of her assistants at the Sanitarium, Dr. Clara Swain, was a sister graduate of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania who later went on to become a medical missionary in India, where she was to establish the first hospital for women in Asia. Greene wrote a book, The Art of Keeping Well: or, Common Sense Hygiene for Adults and Children, which was published in 1906, the year after she died. Greene supported a number of reform causes throughout her life, including temperance and women’s suffrage. She was active in the Wyoming County Suffrage Image of booklet cover: Political Equality Club Association, and she served for many years as president of the local Political Equality Club. One year she refused to pay her taxes in order to protest her lack of the right to vote. She was also known as a generous financial donor to the cause of suffrage. She donated a $500 subscription, which was eventually used to help publish the History of Woman Suffrage. Greene was known for generosity and warmth in her private life and as a citizen of Castile as well. Image of letter from Anna Shaw Although she never married, she adopted six children, and her home and sanitarium became a popular resting spot for such famous activists as Susan B. Anthony, Frances Willard and Mary A. Livermore. Greene was also involved in the Presbyterian church home, served on foreign missionary boards, and was instrumental in the formation of the Castile Public Library. This library, named in her honor, was built on land she donated in 1897 at 11 South Main Street. Greene also provided the library with a $12, 000 endowment and $500 for books. Greene died on January 28, 1905. Her funeral was in Castile and her ashes are in Grace Cemetery.
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