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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Maternal Physician; A Treatise on the Nurture and Management of Infants, from the Birth Until Two Years Old. By an American Matron |
| Reference | 71918.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1811 |
| Author | [Mary Palmer Tyler] |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Riley, Isaac |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | The first American medical book by a woman was the anonymous work of the wife of the playwright Royall Tyler. Though she often copied the standard authorities, her advice was tempered by her own experience, and her motto was "Every mother her child's best physician". |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Children's Health; Botanic Medicine |
| Keywords | children, food, disease, thrush, indigestion, vomiting, convulsions, fever, teething, diet, weaning, dysentery, worms, measles, smallpox, chickenpox, whooping cough, inflammation, earache, scrofula, ringworms, botany |
| Parts of the Body | digestive organs, mouth, ear, eyes, teeth, limbs, lungs, skin |
| 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 |