Buy this book on-line Greene, Cordelia A : The Art Of Keeping Well, Or, Common Sense Hygiene For Adults And ChildrenDodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1906
418pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decoration. Top edges gilt. Greene's father opened a water-cure sanitarium in Castile, New York in 1849. At that time, the water cure (or hydrotherapy ) was a popular treatment for a number of chronic diseases. It involved taking frequent baths and drinking lots of water, combined with outdoor exercise. She moved to Philadelphia and enrolled in the newly- opened Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she became their first student to receive a medical degree, in 1853. She continued her studies in Cleveland, where she graduated with honors from Cleveland Medical College (later Case Western Reserve) in 1856. Cordelia Greene was a respected member of the medical community. She often gave lectures on preventive medicine, and at one point chaired the Educational Committee of the Woman’s Medical Society of New York State, 8vo, Very Good+ with no DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Greene, Cordelia A : The Art Of Keeping Well, Or, Common Sense Hygiene For Adults And Children. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, first editions, used books, livres d'occasion and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |