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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Catechism of Health … for the Use of Schools and Families |
| Reference | 64331.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Wolf |
| Date | 1819 |
| Author | Mavor, William Fordyce |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Samuel Wood & Sons |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | Second American edition. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Children's Health; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | children, food, cleansing, air, exercise, disease, vaccination, smallpox |
| Additional Information | Mavor's juvenile hygiene imparts its lessons in the form of questions and answers. It concludes with an "Address to a Mother" (p.64-68), an exhortation in verse favouring the inoculation of children against smallpox. |
| 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 |