Web Exhibits

Web of Healing

Presented by the University of Pennsylvania’s department of History and Sociology of Science

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The Web of Healing is designed to serve as a pedagogical and public history resource. As you explore the site, you will be guided through the process of “doing history” and given access to the world of healing and medicine in Philadelphia during the end of the 18th century.

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Prinos verticillatus, from William P. C. Barton, Medical Botany, 1817. From Web of Healing. Image courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Rare Book and Manuscripts.