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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The married lady's companion, or Poor man's friend. :In four parts. I. An address to the married lady, who is the mother of daughters. II. An address to the newly married lady. III. Some important hints to the midwife. IV. An essay on the management and common diseases of children. To which will be added a short note on fever |
| Reference | 63872.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1808 |
| Author | Jennings, Samuel K. |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Lorenzo Dow. J.C. Totten |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | After the turn of the century Americans began to produce their own guides to child management. They recommended the usual brutal bleeding and purging, hardly less than adults received. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Children's Health; Women's Health; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | disease, midwife, childbirth, pregnancy, exercise, menstruation, pain, fever, teething, worms, vomiting, cholera, whooping cough, measles, bloodletting, sore throat, inflammation, bleeding, scrofula, sore throat |
| Parts of the Body | eyes, skin, lungs, digestive organs, reproductive organs, teeth, throat |
| Additional Information | The first edition was published at Richmond, VA, circa. 1808. Jennings studied medicine with his father, Dr. Jacob Jennings; in 1818 he received and M.D. (hon.) for the University of Maryland. |
| 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 |