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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Handbook of popular medicine |
| Reference | 104400.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1879 |
| Author | Napheys, George H. |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | H.C. Watts Co. |
| Place of Creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Description | Embracing the anatomy and physiology of the human body, illustrations of home gymnastics, instructions for nursing the sick, the domestic treatment of the ordinary diseases and accidents of children and adults, plan for a family health record, etc. With over 300 choice dietetic and remedial recipes, and more than 100 engravings on wood especially adapted for general and family instruction and reference. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Physiology; Health and Hygiene; Women's Health; Children's Health; General Cures |
| Keywords | anatomy, exercise, domestic, disease, family, children, recipe, hair, food, diet, air, blood, purification, cleansing, fever, typhus, smallpox, symptoms, neuralgia, headache, rheumatism, gout, insomnia, scrofula, edema, apoplexy, sore throat, asthma, cough, cold, tuberculosis, pneumonia, pleuritis, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, jaundice, bandage, bruise, burns, cuts, sprain, scarlet fever, teething, chickenpox, worms, water, scrofula, rickets, convulsions, nerves, thrush, baths, douche, disinfectant, pain, lotion, hygiene |
| Parts of the Body | skin, head, muscles, bones, joints, limb, lungs, digestive organs, throat, kidneys, heart, nose, ear, eyes, brain, liver, urinary organs, teeth |
| Additional Information | This 408 page revised edition was issued at least seven times between 1879 and 1895. Frontispiece portrait of author. |
| 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 |