The American lady's medical pocket-book, and nursery-adviser : containing rules for preserving the health of unmarried females, directions to pregnant and lying-in women, and an account of their diseases : together with instructions for the rearing of children from the hour of their birth : and an account of the diseases of infancy /
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Imprint: | Philadelphia : J. Kay, 1833. |
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Description: | 296 p. ; 13 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Gerritsen collection of women's history ; no. 66.1 Gerritsen collection of women's history ; no. 66.1. |
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Format: | Microform Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3552816 |
Other authors / contributors: | Author of The gentleman's medical pocket-book. |
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Notes: | Appendix: Asiatic, or epidemic cholera, p. 283-296. Microfiche. Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1980. -- 4 sheets ; 11 x 15 cm. -- (The Gerritsen collection of women's history ; no. 66.1) |
Summary: | This is an example of the popular health literature written in 19th century America to educate women on the proper ways to maintain their health, on female-specific diseases, on healthy sexual relationships, etc. |
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