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C. E. (Charles Edward) Page
b. 1840
A 19th-century American physician who wrote practical health books and argued strongly for natural methods of care. His work sits at the crossroads of medical reform, hygiene advocacy, and public debate in his era.
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About the author
Born in Maine in 1840, Charles Edward Page was an American physician whose writing reached beyond the consulting room. He practiced medicine in Boston and became known for promoting hydrotherapy and other drug-free approaches to health.
Page wrote books and pamphlets on everyday health questions, including colds, vaccination, and general bodily care. His work reflected the reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when many writers and doctors were challenging standard medical practices and urging readers to trust diet, rest, cleanliness, and the body's own powers of recovery.
Today, he is remembered less as a mainstream medical figure than as a distinctive voice in the history of alternative health. For audiobook listeners, his writings offer a revealing look at how people in his time argued about illness, prevention, and what it meant to live well.