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Motherhood : a guide for mothers

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Description: "The book is divided into four parts providing advice during pregnancy, care of the new-born, minor ailments and infections, and with a section on care of infants abroad. The work concludes with a number of appendices relating to dairy products and nutritional supplements. Spaces are left for mothers to include photographs of their own children, with blank charts to fill in the child's growth, weight and development"--Antiquarian bookseller's description.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1930.
Call number: 649119
Provenance: Gift of The Longo Family Trust, Lawrence D. and Betty Jeanne Longo, Trustees, 2015.
Dimensions: 22 cm
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Recipe book on gynecology and pediatrics

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Manuscript is a compendium of "home remedies" concerning obstetrics and complications of pregnancy, as well as diseases of young children. The recipes include: inducing birth, when the baby in utero is weak, how the mother should be cleansed after wards, causes of miscarriage, care of the breast, and others. Also included are general recipes for post-partum mothers (often involving wine); newborn children who refuse to sleep; against children's "plague;" night sweats; coughs; screaming; headaches; chicken pox or measles; and both "red" and "white" dysentery. The volume was probably written in south Germany. Written in German cursive in brown ink on paper; bound in contemporary red-stained velum with remains of ties.

mssHM 83499

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Traiť des Maladies des Femmes

Manuscripts

An autograph volume of unpublished classroom lectures of the obstetrician Antoine Petit. The volume contains lists of titles, indexes, and sections on the health and anatomy of women; common issues related to pregnancy; pre and post-natal care for women and babies; common illnesses in newborn babies; abortion; and medical recipes. The volume also includes a section on the famous Scottish obstetrician William Smellie. The volume is bound in full contemporary calf with gilt florets and remains of title-label on spine; covers are loose with some damage and a quantity of blank leaves was removed at the end of the volume. There is a contemporary ownership inscription of "Joannes Mathaeus Garot, Parmacopole (?)" on the inside front cover, with some indications that the book passed through the hands of several different students.

mssHM 84130

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Microwave gourmet healthstyle cookbook

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Contains 400 recipes that are low in calories, salt, fat, and cholesterol. Includes charts to compare the nutritional value of meats, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.

641955

The Mother Goose Parade

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One painting book entitled The Mother Goose Parade, by Anita de Campi, published by The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, 1914. The subtitle on both the title page and the front cover reads: A Combination of Painting Book and Scissors Play for Children's Hand Made Nursery Borders. This activity book is comprised of black and white illustrations designed to be colored and cut out. Each drawing is accompanied by a Mother Goose rhyme; the images illustrate the rhymes. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a long parade of Mother Goose characters, led by a scissors-wielding Mother Goose. The back cover is not illustrated. On the verso of the title page is text which explains the use of this book: to color and cut out the images, and use them to decorate a child's room. "Copyright 1914- By The Reilly & Britton Co." is printed below this text. Each of the illustrations throughout the book are signed by Anita de Campi. Some of the images have been colored. "Clara Jackson, 90 Beacon St., Boston, Mass." is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front flyleaf, under the printed text "This book belongs to".

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The low salt, low cholesterol cookbook

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Emphasizing the importance of a balanced diet in preventing heart disease, the author presents recipes for dishes low in salt and cholesterol and includes data on the nutritional value of specific foods.

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The low salt, low cholesterol cookbook

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641879

Motherhood : a guide for mothers

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