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Ackerknecht, Erwin H., M.D.; A Short History of Medicine. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1968. A concise history of medicine, including one chapter on the eighteenth century.

Astruc, Jean. A Treatise of the Venereal Disease. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.,1985, originally published 1737. Part of the above series, this time covering the history of the diseases themselves.

Bailey, Margery. The Hypochontriack, Being the Seventy Essays by the celebrated biographer, James Boswell, appearing in London Magazine from November 1777, to August 1783, and her first Reprinted Vol. I and II. California: Stanford University Press, 1928. This is a collection of essays written by Boswell with some critical interpretations by Bailey.

Bett, W. R.; The Infirmities of Genius. New York: Philosophical Library, 1952. Focuses on "geniuses" and their illnesses, including Alexander Pope.

Bouce, Paul-Gabriel. Sexuality in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, UK, 1982. One chapter is on sexual myths and misconceptions of the time, (if you've got a big nose) as well as believed effects of sex.

Buchman, William. Observations Concerning the Preventions and Cure of the Venereal disease. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985, originally published 1796. Part of a three-part series by Garland of period literature concerning venereal disease. This one covers cures and preventative measures.

Chesser, Eustace. The Sexual, Marital, and Family Relationships of the English Woman. New York: Roy Publishers, 1956. Examines all aspects of a woman's expected role from childhood, youth, marriage, motherhood, and old age. Also examines contraceptive methods and sexual practices.

Cunningham, Andrew. The Medical Enlightenment of the Eighteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1990.

DePorte, Michael V. Nightmares and Hobby horses. Swift, Sterne and Augustan Ideas of Madness. San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1974. This deals with eighteenth century ideas about madness, views of Swift and Johnson and other famous figures are included.

Gibbs, Lewis. The Admirable Lady Mary, The Life and Times of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762). New York: William Morrow and Company, 1949. A biography about Lady Montagu, includes her introduction of vaccination to Europe.

Greeacre, Phyllis, M.D. Swift and Carroll, a Psychoanalytic Study of Two Lives. New York: International Universities Press, 1977. Greenacre analyzes Swift the man though his writing.

Harms, Ernest. Origins of Modern Psychiatry. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1967. This book describes the practices of seventeenth century psychiatrists.

Holtz, William V. The Admirable Lady Mary, The Life and Times of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) New York: William Morrow and Company, 1949. A biography about Lady Montagu, includes her introduction of vaccination to Europe.

Howells, John, ed. World History of Psychiatry. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1975. This book describes different early beliefs about the mind separated by geographic location.

Jones, Wilfrid Llewelyn. Ministering to Minds Diseased. London: William Heinemann Medical Books, Ltd., 1983. This book describes early physical treatments as well as a description of the evolution of the Mental Hospital.

Kellerman, Henry and Anthony Burry. Psychopathology and Differential Diagnosis: A Primer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. This textbook gives a history of Psychopathology as well as early diagnosis and treatments.

Kerslake, John. Mr. Boswell. National Portrait Gallery, 1967. A collection of portraits pertaining to Boswell with a short biography as well.

Knapp, Vincent. Disease and its Impact on Modern European History. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1989. This book provides a comprehensive overview of some of the most prevalent diseases racing through the continent during this time. It then goes on to present a number of cures and causes that were speculated during the eighteenth century.

Loudon, Irvine. The Oxford Illustrated History of Western Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. A pictorial history of medicine.

Marten, John. A Treatise of all the Degrees and Symptoms of the Venereal Disease, in Both Sexes. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985, originally published 1709. Part of the series above, detailing how to diagnose venereal disease.

McAdam, E.L., Jr and George Milne. Johnson's Dictionary, a Modern Selection. New York: Pantheon Books, 1963. This is the first edition of Johnson's dictionary with some small changes.

Merians, Linda. The Secret Malady. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky, 1996. Discusses syphilis, as well as period diagnoses and cures.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e: Written During her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa…, vol. 1 (Aix: Anthony Henricy, 1796), pp. 167-169; letter 36, to Mrs. S. C. from Adrianople, n. d. Available online < http:www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/montagu-smallpox.html>. A letter by Ms. Montagu pertaining to vaccination.

Nicholson, Margorie and G. S. Rousseau. This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. This discusses Pope and all his illnesses and how this affected his view of science.

Pope, Alexander. The Guardiank, Vol. II, August 12, 1713. Dublin, 1713. A short essay by Pope about his life, illnesses and death.

Porter, Dorothy. Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times. London: Routledge, 1999. This book takes a closer look at the ways in which the public health system has developed over the years. In the eighteenth century section, she looks at the ways in which industrialism created a wider spread of disease.

Porter, Roy and Rousseau, G. S. Gout: The Patrician Malady. Yale University Press, 1998. This book profiles ways in which the thinking and class status of the time influenced different aspects of society, including the spread of disease.

Skultans, Vieda. English Madness: Ideas on Insanity 1580-1890. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979. This book also deals with views on insanity in the eighteenth century.

Sue, David; Sue, Derald Wing and Sue, Stanley. Understanding Abnormal Behavior. 6th ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000. This textbook includes a brief history on the treatments for abnormal behavior.

Trusler, John. Eighteeth Century Medicine Site. <http://www.uky.edu/~engilg/research/per> This website takes a look at one of the many bizarre cures that were springing up for headaches at this time.

Tuke, Daniel Hack, M.D., F.R.C.P. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882. This book gives a vivid description of the mental medicine of the times, by the son of William Tuke, a Quaker tea merchant who fought to revolutionize mental hospitals.

Vulliamy, C.E. James Boswell. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1932. A biography about James Boswell.

Watkins, W. B. C. Perilous Balance, The Tragic Genius of Swift, Johnson & Sterne. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1939. About the lives of Swift, Johnson and Sterne, their problems and how it affected their writing.

Webster's II New College Dictionary. New York: houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. This is a basic college reference dictionary.