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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Dietetical and medical hydrology :a treatise on baths ; including cold, sea, warm, hot, vapour, gas, and mud baths ; also, on the watery regimen, hydropathy, and pulmonary inhalation ; with a description of bathing in ancient and modern times |
| Reference | [1]13039.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rush |
| Date | 1850 |
| Author | Bell, John |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Barrington and Haswell |
| Place of Creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | baths, water, diet, hydrotherapy, inhaler, anatomy, hair, exercise, clothing, temperature, hygiene, disease, religion, children, burns, temperature, paralysis, fever, indigestion, scrofula, therapy, bronchitis, colic |
| Parts of the Body | respiratory system, skin, head |
| Additional Information | John Bell was born in Ireland where he lived until 1810 when his parents emigrated to Virginia. In 1817 he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to his private practice, Bell lectured on the institutes of medicine and materia medica at the Philadelphia Medical Institute, served on the staff of the City Hospital and was active in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the American Philosophical Society and the American Medical Association. |
| 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 |