From John Hill’s The useful family-herbal : or, an account of all those English plants which are remarkable for their virtues, and of the drugs which are produced by vegetables of other countries; with their descriptions and their uses, as proved by experience … (1789).
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I’m a sucker for book reviews; my “To Be Read” list on my Goodreads account is my longest and it just keeps growing. Here are a few recent reviews that have added onto that list:
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From Henry J. Garrigues’ A text-book of the diseases of women (1896).
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Mrs. Priestley’s 1885 lecture Unseen dangers in the home is a tour de force collection of late Victorian concerns about health and hygiene. She starts right off with the dangers of polluted air and moves on through bad water and the dangers of in-house piping among other things. It’s interesting to note that Priestley’s text assumes her audience is one of well-off matrons with disposable income; this is not a lecture designed to help the working poor, for example. She recounts anecdotes from friends with houses in Mayfair, Picadilly, and St. James, who have had to deal with complaints from their servants of bad air in basements, kitchens, bathrooms, and attics.
Flip through the pages of Mrs. Priestley’s lecture below or follow this link to read Unseen dangers in the home.
I find one of the benefits of taking a week off — apart from getting to catch up on all your favorite TV and take a chunk out of the ‘to be read’ pile — is coming back to a newsreader full of good stuff.
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Since the Internet Archive is down for maintenance on this lovely January morning, why not take a stroll through our image back catalogue? We’ve posted over 200 images to date! What’s your favorite?
From Emil Harless’ Lehrbuch der plastischen anatomie : enthaltend die gesetze fur organische Bildung und kunstlerische Darstellung der menschlichen Gestalt im allgemeinen und in den einzelnen Situationen (1856-1858).
And this is our last post of 2015! The blog and Twitter feed will be shuttered until January 4th. We hope you all have a lovely mid-winter break and we’ll be back with you in 2016!
I always enjoy looking through the cookbooks and home manuals in our collection and it always seems as though a holiday is a good time to point out a few.
What about the 1903 texts The White House cookbook : a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home; containing cooking, toilet, and household recipes, menus, dinner-giving, table etiquette, care of the sick, health suggestions, facts worth knowing, etc., featuring a recipe for both an English and a Christmas plum pudding.
Or this 1959 Food at Your Fingertips: In One Volume, put together by the Cookbook Committee of the Homemaking Section of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind.
There’s also the 1902 Cook book, published by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Pullman Memorial Church, Albion, New York, which starts off with Pea soup. Dr. Fluhrer’s Favorite, and Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley’s 1908 An old-world recipe book, offering The Pudding. The simply titled Myra’s cookery book (1880) provides a wealth of recipes from soup to pickles.
Did I miss out your favorite? let me know in the comments! And, as always, please do visit our full collection for more.
As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection!
