Brodie, J. (1994). Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-Century America.  Ithaca: Cornell University Press. https://archive.org/details/contraceptionabo0000brod

Donegan, J. (2000, February). “Trall, Russell Thacher (1812-1877), Hydropathic Physician and Health Reformer”. American National Biography. Ed. Retrieved 5 Feb. 2019.

Gorton, D. (1910). The History of Medicine, Philosophical and Critical, from its Origin to the Twentieth Century. New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. https://archive.org/details/historyofmedicin02gortiala/page/192/mode/2up

Horsell, W., Trall, Russell. (1855). Hydropathy for the People: with Plain Observations on Drugs, Diet, Water, Air and Exercise. New York, Fowler & Wells. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hc2vhv&seq=9

• Dr. Trall shares notes at the end of the book.

Iacobbo, Karen. “Russell Trall: A Visionary Doctor.” International Vegetarian Union (IVU), ivu.org/history/usa19/trall.html. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.

Iacobbo, Karen. Iacobbo, Michael. (2004). Vegetarian America: a History. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. https://archive.org/details/vegetarianameric0000iaco_h7h5

Nissenbaum, Stephen. (1980). Sex, Diet, and Debility in Jacksonian America: Sylvester Graham and Health Reform. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. https://archive.org/details/sexdietdebilityi0000niss

Puskar-Pasewicz, M. (2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood.  https://archive.org/details/culturalencyclop0000unse_y3f5/page/22/mode/2up?q=Trall

Smith, John; Trall, Russell. (1854). Fruits and Farinacea: The Proper Food of Man. New York, Boston, Fowler, and Wells. https://archive.org/details/fruitsandfarina00tralgoog. 339 pages.

• Notes and illustrations were by Dr. Trall.

Weiss, H. (1967). The Great American Water-Cure Craze: a History of Hydropathy in the United States.  Trenton: The Past Times Press. https://archive.org/details/greatamericanwat0000weis

Whorton, James C. (2002). Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America. Oxford University Press. pp. 90-91. 

The NHA wishes to remind the readers that nothing in this or other publications is intended to constitute medical treatment or advice. Readers should be aware that some previous publications do not reflect the NHA’s current health teachings or approach to health in several areas.

Our Mission

The mission of the National Health Association is to educate and empower individuals to understand that health results from healthy living. We recognize the integration of all aspects of health: personal, environmental, and social.

We communicate the benefits of a plant-based diet, exercise and rest, a healthy environment, psychological well-being, and when indicated, the use of fasting.