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William A. Alcott

3.5/5 ( ratings)
Born
August 05 1798
Died
2828 03 18591859
Alcott was one of the most prolific authors in early American history. He wrote frequently on the topics of education and health. In 1836 he wrote a letter to the editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal titled 'The Graham System' and signed it 'M.D.'

The cause of greatest interest in Alcott throughout his life was vegetarianism. In 1850 he wrote three long letters on vegetarianism to the editor of the New York Tribune - at the request of the editor.

Alcott wrote The Physiology of Marriage in 1856. He deplored free courtship manners. He specifically deplored 'conversation which is too excitable', 'presence of exciting books', 'unnecessary heat', and many other courtship practices prevalent in 18th century America but steadily going out of fashion by 1856. He warned young people of the dangers of courtship. He is criticized by modern day feminists for his 'rigidity'.

Alcott was a founding member and the first president of the American Vegetarian Society. He was also the author of 'The Vegetable Diet As Sanctioned by Medical Men and By Experience in All Ages'. He also founded The American Physiological Society in 1837, the world's first physiological society.

He died of a lung infection and is buried in Newton Cemetary. He worked until the day before he died.

William A. Alcott

3.5/5 ( ratings)
Born
August 05 1798
Died
2828 03 18591859
Alcott was one of the most prolific authors in early American history. He wrote frequently on the topics of education and health. In 1836 he wrote a letter to the editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal titled 'The Graham System' and signed it 'M.D.'

The cause of greatest interest in Alcott throughout his life was vegetarianism. In 1850 he wrote three long letters on vegetarianism to the editor of the New York Tribune - at the request of the editor.

Alcott wrote The Physiology of Marriage in 1856. He deplored free courtship manners. He specifically deplored 'conversation which is too excitable', 'presence of exciting books', 'unnecessary heat', and many other courtship practices prevalent in 18th century America but steadily going out of fashion by 1856. He warned young people of the dangers of courtship. He is criticized by modern day feminists for his 'rigidity'.

Alcott was a founding member and the first president of the American Vegetarian Society. He was also the author of 'The Vegetable Diet As Sanctioned by Medical Men and By Experience in All Ages'. He also founded The American Physiological Society in 1837, the world's first physiological society.

He died of a lung infection and is buried in Newton Cemetary. He worked until the day before he died.

Books from William A. Alcott

The Young Man's Guide

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Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery

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The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence

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The Young Wife; Or, Duties Of Woman In The Marriage Relation

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The Young Mother

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Slate and black board exercises

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Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders, Or, the Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician

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Familiar Letters to Young Men on Various Subjects: Designed as a Companion to The Young Man's Guide

3/5 ( ratings)

Tea And Coffee: Their Physical, Intellectual And Moral Effect On The Human System And Are They Injurious? Some Substitutes For Both

1/5 ( ratings)

Charles Hartland: The Village Missionary

1/5 ( ratings)

Lectures on Life and Health, or the Laws and Means of Physical Culture (Classic Reprint)

1/5 ( ratings)

The Young Housekeeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery

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The Moral Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage: Designed as a Companion to the Physiology of Marriage''

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The Physiology of Marriage

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The Young House-Keeper; Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery

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The Library of Health, and Teacher on the Human Constitution (Classic Reprint)

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The Second Foreign Mission, or Journey of Paul, Silas, Luke, and Timothy to Europe (Classic Reprint)

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The Life of Robert Morrison, First Missionary to China

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Paul at Ephesus

1/5 ( ratings)

The Library of Health, and Teacher on the Human Constitution, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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