Historical Bibliography Updated: January 8, 2020
Barn-Yard rhymes; showing what opinions the turkey, the cock, the goose, and the duck, enterain of allopathia, homopathia, electro-galvanism and the animalcule doctrines.
Publication Details
New York: G. & C. Carvill & Co., 1838 CE.
A critique of medical practice and procedures in 80 pages of rhymed couplets voiced by farmyard animals. Mary Griffith, who published these satirical poems anonymously, dedicated the work to the Philadelphia physician Nathanial Chapman, who she considered "one of the 'three good doctors.' "
Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
Thematic Classifications
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #11431 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13630 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | barnyard-rhymes-showing-what-opinions-the-turkey-the-cock-the-goose-and-the-duck-enterain-of-allopathia-homopathia-electrogalvanism-and-the-animalcule-doctrines |
Geographic Context
Publication place: New York
Mentioned in annotation: Philadelphia