author
Frank Overton
b. 1867
A physician and public-health writer, he turned medical knowledge into practical books for students, teachers, and everyday readers. His work helped bring lessons on hygiene and physiology into American classrooms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Applied Physiology, Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics
by Frank Overton
About the author
Born in 1867, Frank Overton was an American physician whose writing focused on health, hygiene, and physiology. Records of his books and library catalogs show that he wrote widely used instructional works including Applied Physiology, Personal Hygiene, General Hygiene, and The Health Officer.
His career bridged medicine and education. Sources connected with his publications identify him as a medical doctor, and later references describe him as being associated with public-health work in New York. That practical background comes through in his books, which were written to explain the body, health habits, and disease prevention in a clear, usable way.
For readers today, Overton is best remembered as one of the early authors who helped make health education accessible to a broad audience. His books reflect a period when schools and public institutions were placing new emphasis on hygiene, and they offer a useful window into how health was taught in his time.