Author Bibliography (in progress)
Trall, Dr. Russell Thacher (1812-1877)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Russell Thacher Trall was born on 5 August 1812 in Vernon, Connecticut, and died on 23 September 1877 in Florence, New Jersey. He was a very prominent hydrotherapist; in 1849, with Joel Shew and Samuel R. Wells, Trall founded the American Hydropathic Society and in the same year, also with Wells, he established the American Anti-Tobacco Society. Trall developed a therapeutic method called "hygeiotherapy" that combined the water cure with exposure to frehs air, exercise, massage, and a veg*n diet. This method was taught at his New York Hydropathic and Physiological School (known as the New York Hygeio-Therapeutic College after 1857) and, after 1867 , at his Hygeian Home in New Jersey. Trall edited the edited The Water-Cure Journal, which he later renamed The Herald of Health. Trall was associated with the Battle Creek sanitarium and, through his relation with Ellen Gould White, became a regular contributor to The Health Reformer magazine which, in 1879, was transformed by John Harvey Kellogg into Good Health. A Journal of Hygiene.
PUBLICATIONS
Diptheria[sic]: Its Nature, History, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment on Hygienic Principles; With a Resumé of the Various Theories and Practices of the Medical Profession. New York: Miller, Wood & Co., [c.1862].
Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. New York: Samuel R. Wells, 1873.
Digestion and Dyspepsia: A Complete Explanation of the Physiology of the Digestive Processes, with the Symptoms and Treatment of Dyspepsia and other Disorders of the Digestive Organs. New York: Fowler and Wells, 1873.
An Essay on Tobacco-Using; Being a Philosophical Exposition of the Effects of Tobacco on the Human System. Battle Creek, Mich.: The Office of the Health Reformer, 1872.
The Hydropathic Encyclopedia: A System of Hydropathy and Hygiene, in Eight Parts. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1854 [c. 1851].
Home Treatment for Sexual Abuses. A Practical Treatise. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1853.
The Human Voice: Its Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Therapeutics, and Training; with Rules of Order for Lyceums. New York: S. R. Wells, 1876.
The Hygeian Home Cook-Book; or, Healthful and Palatable Food without Condiments. New York: S. R. Wells, 1874.
The Illustrated Family Gymnasium [...]. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1857.
“Introduction.” A New Theory of Population, Deduced from the General Law of Animal Fertility. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1852.
The New Hydropathic Cook-Book; With Recipes for Cooking on Hygienic Principles: containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health; the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles; the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments; the relative value of vegetable and animal substances; the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., etc. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1853.
Pathology of the Reproductive Organs; Embracing All Forms of Sexual Disorders. Boston: B. Leverett Emerson, 1862.
Tobacco: Its History, Nature, and Effects, with Facts and Figures for Tobacco-Users. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1854.
“Tobacco-Using.” John Harvey Kellogg. The Household Manual of Domestic Hygiene, Foods and Drinks, Common Diseases, Accidents and Emergencies, and Useful Hints and Recipes. Battle Creek, Mich.: Office of the Health Reformer, 1875.
The True Temperance Platform; or an Exposition of the Fallacy of Alcoholic Medication; [...]. New York: R. T. Trall & Co., 1864.
Uterine Diseases and Displacements: A Practical Treatise on the Various Diseases, Malpositions, and Structural Derangements of the Uterus and its Appendages. New York: Fowler and Wells, 1854.
Water-Cure for the Million. The Processes of Water-Cure Explained. Popular Errors Exposed. [...] New York: [Davies & Kent], 1860.
contrib. Smith, John. Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1854.
Horsell, William. Hydropathy for the People: With Plain Observations on Drugs, Diet, Water, Air, and Exercise. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1855.
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