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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Lectures to Ladies on Anatomy and Physiology |
| Reference | 104613.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rosenberg |
| Date | 1842 |
| Author | Nichols, Mary Sargeant Gove |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Saxton & Peirce |
| Place of Creation | Boston |
| Description | First edition. Before she was a hydropath and wife of Thomas Low Nichols, Mary Gove was a disciple of Sylvester Graham and a lecturer to women on health and physiology. The frontispiece symbolizes the health reformer's linked concern with the physical body and with spiritual improvement. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Women's Health; Physiology; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | anatomy, female complaints, diet, nerves, education |
| Parts of the Body | bones, muscles, eyes, ear, nose, respiratory system, digestive organs, nervous system |
| Additional Information | In 1838, Mary S Gove "was invited to deliver a series of lectures to the newly organized ladies Psychological Society in Boston. One of the few women in the country with the requisite knowledge, Mary lectured on Sylvester Graham's dietary and hygiene reforms...as well as on female anatomy, physiology, pregnancy and parturition....Mary Gove was launched on a colourful career as a health reformer and physician." (Jane B Donegan 'Hydropathic road to health', New York: Greenwood Press, 1986, p.28) |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |