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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hydropathy or, the water-cure: its principles, modes of treatment. Illustrated with many cases |
| Reference | 104397.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1844 |
| Author | Shew, Joel |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Wiley & Putnam |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | First edition. Compiled chiefly from the most eminent English authors on the subject. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Health and Hygiene; Sexual Health |
| Keywords | hydrotherapy, water, cure, disease, air, exercise, baths, blood, burns, inflammation, brain, cancer, gout, indigestion, paralysis, sciatica, constipation, lumbago, rheumatism, fistula, gonorrhoea, tuberculosis, deafness, scarlet fever, fever, catarrh, baldness, headache, symptoms, epilepsy, pain, chilblains, clothing, colic, cold, cough, whooping cough, cramp, diet, diarrhoea, dysentery, douche, erysipelas, hysteria, measles, menstruation, nerves, weakness, scrofula, smallpox, stiffness, syphilis, toothache, bandage |
| Parts of the Body | digestive organs, skin, urinary organs, respiratory system |
| Additional Information | Shew's earliest book is a rather diffuse compilation of quotations from or paraphrases of his predominantly English predecessors in the science of hydropathy, i.e. R T Claridge, Sir Edward Johnson, James Wilson and James Manby Gully. |
| 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 |