From William P.C. Barton’s A flora of North America: illustrated by coloured figures, drawn from nature (Volume 2) (1821).
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Spring flowers for May!
From William P.C. Barton’s A flora of North America: illustrated by coloured figures, drawn from nature (Volume 2) (1821).
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This seemed like an appropriate highlight for a Friday in Women’s History Month: An appeal on behalf of the medical education of women from 1856.
The pamphlet — under 20 pages long — is a succinct summing up of the history of women as medical professionals. It only takes a few pages to do this because Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman admitted to a medical college in the United States, had received her degree less than a decade before this publication. The pamphlet appeals not only for a wider admittance of women to medical schools, but for the establishment of a hospital for women within New York City.
The proposed hospital — based on the New York Infirmary and Dispensary for women and children which had been opened in 1854 — was to be a teaching hospital as well as a straightforward place of treatment.
Flip through the pages below or follow this link to read An appeal.
“The Standard Forms of Executives” from French’s “The psychology of handwriting.”
Got a spare half hour this weekend? Want to know more about yourself? Then have a look at William L. French’s 1922 The psychology of handwriting — complete with illustrations!
Are you a tea drunkard? French can tell from the downstroke of your cursive hand. Could you be a good salesman? If your handwriting is firm, confident, and rather small, French thinks yes. And don’t hope to escape if you take pleasure in deceiving others: French can tell from the height of your letters.
Flip through the pages of French’s book below or follow this link to read The psychology of handwriting. As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection!
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It is interesting to note that Louisa C. Lippitt’s 1919 Personal hygiene and home nursing is specifically directed in the subtitle to girls and women. In modern parlance this would be described as a ‘gendered’ assumption: why would a man not find it useful to know how to give a bedbound invalid a sponge bath? why should women be the only ones to know about tuberculosis, chicken pox, or even constipation? Lippitt herself was a nursing instructor and a “head reconstruction aide” in the Medical Department of the United States Army and she acknowledges and dedicates her book to both her parents.
Lippitt’s text is mostly generalist in tone, giving information and directions that would be useful to anyone caring for the sick or interested in the health aspects of running an up-to-date 1920s home. She starts from the basics — even including visual instructions on how to shake down a thermometer!
Flip through the pages below or follow this link to read Louisa Lippitt’s Personal hygiene and home nursing: a practical text for girls and women for home and school use.
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From Russian Rose Balm (1865).
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Here are a few highlights from the latest items added to our collection; you can add a RSS feed that will give you updates on our new items here.
First, a couple of items with rather immediate topical application:
And some mental health titles:
And lastly, the wonderfully titled….
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From Lewis A. Sayre’s Croup : case of traumatic hemorrhage following tracheotomy, arising from the imperfect form of the tracheal tubes used, and some remarks on the treatment of croup by inhalation of steam, illustrated by cases (1864).
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