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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | How to be well or, common-sense medical hygiene: A book for the people. Giving directions for the treatment and cure of acute diseases without the use of drug medicines. Also, hints on general health care |
| Reference | 114607.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Helfand |
| Date | 1879 |
| Author | Fairchild, M. Augusta |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | S.R. Wells & Company |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | First edition. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Health and Hygiene; Homeopathy |
| Keywords | hygiene, cure, physician, disease, invalid, female complaints, medicine, drug, water, exercise, baths, fever, typhoid, inflammation, diphtheria, symptoms, clothing, nerves, indigestion, neuralgia, food, children |
| Parts of the Body | throat, lungs, digestive organs, nervous system |
| Additional Information | Fairchild's introduction to 'How to be well' is an autobiographical essay in which she recalls her childhood in the home of her uncle Stephen Fairchild, a homeopath, and her early awareness of a vocation in healing. |
| 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. |
| Visual Content | View thumbnails |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |