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xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I have been fortunate in having the assistance and support of numerous colleagues, friends, and family members over the course of my work on this book, and it is with pleasure that I acknowledge them here. First, for guidance at early stages, I thank Richard Beeman, Kathleen Brown, the late Edward C. Carter II, and Charles Rosenberg. I am honored to have had the opportunity to work with Charles Rosenberg, who encouraged my interest in early American popular medicine and fostered my ensuing work. Ted Carter was always there with a wise suggestion, a word of encouragement, and, when needed, a reality check; with his sudden death, I lost a friend, mentor, and teacher. Finally, I want to thank James N. Green for his invaluable guidance and insights. My interest in book history, and almanacs in particular, was inspired by three summer seminars at the American Antiquarian Society in the early to mid-1990s led by Michael Winship and the late William Gilmore-Lehne, both of whom had a role in shaping my work. My fellow seminar participant Russell Martin deserves special thanks for bringing to my attention the vast array of health advice contained in early American almanacs. The collections and staff of the American Antiquarian Society—a home away from home for historians of the book in American culture—are unsurpassed. Joanne Chaison, Nancy Burkett, John Hench, and Richard Anders were especially generous with their ideas and assistance. I am very grateful for the encouragement and support provided by the institutions for which I have worked full-time during the course of this project: the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (Harvard Medical School), and Houghton Library (Harvard University). Special thanks are due to John O’Donnell, Marc Micozzi, Judith Messerle, and William Stoneman. I thank Paul Wright, former editor at the University of Massachusetts Press, for supporting this project in its early stages. Managing editor Carol Betsch and copy editor Deborah Smith deserve plaudits for their skill and patience. The two outside readers for the University of Massa- chusetts Press provided welcome criticism and recommendations which made this a better book. Whatever faults may be found in it are due to my having failed to listen to the good advice I received along the way. Johns Hopkins University Press has graciously given me permission to reprint passages from my earlier article “Rules, Remedies, and Regimens: Health Advice in Early American Almanacs,” in Right Living: An AngloAmerican Tradition of Self-Help Medicine and Hygiene, ed. Charles E. Rosen (2003). I also wish to thank the Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (Boston) for permission to quote from the Moses Appleton receipt book. I regret that my father, Charles, and my mother, Augusta, did not live to see the birth of this book. I am forever grateful for their tireless encouragement and unwavering support of my educational and career aspirations. I thank my sister, Mary Horrocks Donohue, and my brother-in-law, Douglas Donohue, for their interest and support. Joan Carroll and the late Robert Carroll helped sustain me during the writing with their confidence and enthusiasm. Their daughter Beth is the love of my life. When we married, neither Beth nor I envisioned my writing this book. She has had to live through too many years of marriage shared with this project. For this and the happiness she brings to my life, I owe her my deepest gratitude and give her my enduring love. xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [54.205.179.155] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 08:16 GMT) POPULAR PRINT AND POPULAR MEDICINE ...