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William Alexander Alcott. Line engraving by J.C. Buttre.

Dr William A. Alcott on maternal dosing and drugging as the major cause of infant mortality in 1854 / noted by T.E.C.

William Andrus Alcott : physician, educator, writer / Herbert Thoms.

Patient, heal thyself : popular health reform movements as unorthodox medicine / James C. Whorton.

The house I live in, or, The human body : for the use of families and schools / by Wm. A. Alcott.

Health without physic, or, Cordials for youth, manhood, and old age : including maxims, moral and facetious; for the prevention of disease, and the attainment of a long and vigorous life / by an old physician [pseud.].

The young mother, or, Management of children in regard to health / by Wm. A. Alcott.

The young mother, or Management of children in regard to health.

The young woman's guide to excellence / by William A. Alcott.

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Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859

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The house I live in, or, The human body : for the use of families and schools / by Wm. A. Alcott.

Health without physic, or, Cordials for youth, manhood, and old age : including maxims, moral and facetious; for the prevention of disease, and the attainment of a long and vigorous life / by an old physician [pseud.].

The young mother, or, Management of children in regard to health / by Wm. A. Alcott.

The young mother, or Management of children in regard to health.

The young woman's guide to excellence / by William A. Alcott.