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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy |
| Reference | 66471.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1792 |
| Author | Hamilton, Alexander |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | In 1792 the professor of midwifery at Edinburgh rewrote his textbook for "family-use". The first such book by a doctor on all aspects of women's health, it was quickly reprinted in America. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Children's Health; Women's Health; Physiology; Sexual Health; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | female complaints, children, midwife, physician, disease, cure, pregnancy, childbirth, mortality, breastfeeding, anatomy, venereal disease, tumour, edema, menstruation, weakness, hysteria, convulsions, abortion, air, exercise, faintness, fever, inflammation, food, diet, cleansing, ulcer, thrush, smallpox, teething, croup, weaning, medicine |
| Parts of the Body | skin, head, digestive organs, limb, breasts, reproductive organs, eyes, teeth |
| Additional Information | Hamilton was a professor of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh from 1780 to 1800. He succeeded Thomas Young (1726?-1783), who had established Edinburgh as one of the foremost centres of obstetrical training in Europe. The impact of Young and Hamilton on American obstetrical practice was probably considerable given the number of North Americans who attended their lectures over a period of more than four decades. |
| 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 |