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Title A treatise on the physical and medical treatment of children
Reference 111324.O
Library The Library Company of Philadelphia
Collection Rosenberg
Date 1825
Author Dewees, William P.
Publisher / Printer / Lithographer H.C. Carey & I. Lea
Place of Creation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description First edition.
Document Type Printed Book
Theme(s) Children's Health
Keywords disease, pregnancy, diet, baths, breastfeeding, childbirth, sleep, temperature, weaning, water, exercise, cleansing, jaundice, colic, ulcer, inflammation, blood, diabetes, constipation, vomiting, cholera, whooping cough, scarlet fever, measles, burns
Parts of the Body breasts, skin, liver, lungs
Additional Information Though "Scientific Midwifery" had been a field of professional study and formal training in France, Scotland and England through most of the 18th century, obstetrics was largely ignored in the curricula of American medical schools. Dewees was almost alone in focusing his attention on obstetrics at a time when the delivery of American women remained largely in the hands of midwives. Dewees had been influential in the establishment of a chair of midwifery at the University of Pennsylvania in 1810, but was not appointed to the medical faculty until 1825, when he became adjunct professor of midwifery. Dewees was made professor of obstetrics in 1834, but was forced to retire due to illness in 1835.
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.
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