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| Field name | Value |
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| Title | Water-cure for ladies :a popular work on the health, diet, and regimen of females and children, and the prevention and cure of diseases. With a full account of the processes of water-cure, illustrated with various cases /By Mrs M. L. Shew, revised by Joel Shew |
| Reference | 69316.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1849 |
| Author | Shew, Marie Louise |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | John Wiley |
| Place of Creation | New York; London |
| Description | A thoroughgoing water cure required spas, of which the first in America was run by the Shew family in New York. Women's ailments seemed to respond well to water cure and the spas also offered women a vacation from their families, female friendship and physical pleasure. A fifth of professional hydropaths were women. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Women's Health; Children's Health; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | hydrotherapy, water, cure, diet, hygiene, children, female complaints, disease, baths, food, nourishment, air, exercise, clothing, sleep, fever, deafness, asthma, ulcer, sore throat, rheumatism, menstruation, constipation, pregnancy, childbirth |
| Parts of the Body | reproductive organs, digestive organs, liver, throat, breasts |
| 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 |