Category: Digital Highlights

We haven’t done a round-up of the latest items to hit our collection in awhile, so lets see what we have…

• It isn’t strictly medical but Typographia: or the printer’s instructor… (1824) makes for really interesting reading and has some great plates comparing alphabets and typefaces.
• Is The art of invigorating and prolonging life… (1822) the early nineteenth century equivalent of an Instagram wellness account?
• Edwin Lankester’s 1850 Vegetable substances used for the food of man might be just what you’re looking for if you’re considering a change in diet.
• The prevention of the common cold (1916) is an evergreen topic!
• Perhaps you want something more sober: the United States Army’s 1918 study of Syphilis and public health should be weighty enough.

And there’s many, many more! See the full date-sorted list here!

Check out the write-ups on the Henrys in Cocker’s English dictionary (1715):

If you’re thinking about taking that vacation we talked about last week, you’ll need to get some new clothes, yes? Well, Thomas Gerald Garry in his 1911 Some factors influencing health in tropical and sub-tropical countries is (at least by implication!) suggesting this:

I don’t know about you, but January 2023 came in like a rabid bear with a hangover and a bad attitude, so these health resorts in the British Isles look pretty good.

What does the MHL collection have to say about holidays, you ask? Well, a paltry 103 results which was a surprise, honestly.

On the prevalent diseases in the Philippines (1899), by Abraham Flexner’s brother, Simon. The Flexners were a busy family!

Looking for something to read with the family this holiday weekend? Try this!

Barn-yard rhymes: showing what opinions the turkey, the cock, the goose, and the duck entertain of allopathia, homopathia, electro-galvanism, and the animalcule doctrines!

Looking for that new thing for this year’s holiday table(s)? Try one of Mrs DeSalis’ 100+ ways of preparing oysters!

There’s still time to get in on the proposed “bill of fare” from Eliza Smith’s 1739 The compleat housewife:

Essays and meditations on various subjects, By a Physician from 1762: