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Are Parents People?

Are Parents People?

by Alice Duer Miller

Are Parents People?  is a guide book written by Alice Duer Miller, who is also the author of "The Happiest Times Of Their Lives," "The Charm School," "Come Out Of The Kitchen," And "Manslaughter".The girls marched into chapel singing Jerusalem the Golden. Some of the voices were shrill and piping, and some were clear and sweet; but all had tha..

Plague and pestilence in literature and art

Plague and pestilence in literature and art

by Raymond Crawfurd

This volume represents substantially the FitzPatrick Lectures which I had the privilege of delivering at the Royal College of Physicians in 1912. Originally I intended to do no more than gather together into a succinct record the various memorials and reminders of Pestilence that I had met with in my wanderings at home and abroad and in my casual i..

A Book of Medical Discourses, in Two Parts

A Book of Medical Discourses, in Two Parts

by Rebecca Lee Crumpler

The following pages contain a few simple appeals to common sense, and are addressed to mothers, nurses, and women generally. All honor is due to a far-seeing legislation which has recognized the importance of fitting woman for the great and natural office of nurse, or doctress of medicine; for by it facilities are offered to each member of a commun..

Apples in Appealing Ways [1951]

Apples in Appealing Ways [1951]

by Mary T. Swickard

Almost everyone enjoys apples. And there are so many ways to use apples that a family need never tire of them.This leaflet is designed to supplement the better-known apple recipes given in many cook books. You will find here some new apple adventures and some variations on favorite ways of using the fruit. Recipes calling for applesauce and apple j..

The Seven Ages of Woman

The Seven Ages of Woman

by Compton MacKenzie

On a June morning in the year 1859 Sir Richard Flower of Barton Flowers in the county of Southampton decided that the weather was propitious for his annual progress on horseback round the confines of his demesne. The order was given to saddle his gray gelding; Lady Flower was informed that her husband would dine two hours later than usual, and upon..

Good Health and How We Won It

Good Health and How We Won It

by Upton Sinclair

Ten years ago, when I was a student at college, I fell a victim to a new and fashionable ailment called “la grippe.” I recollect the date very well, because it was the first time I had been sick in fourteen years—the last difficulty having been the whooping-cough.I have many times had occasion to recall the interview with the last physician I went ..

The omnipotent self, a study in self-deception and self-cure

The omnipotent self, a study in self-deception and self-cure

by Paul Bousfield

Many people, while not considering themselves as suffering from any nervous ailment, nor desiring the services of a physician, are yet far from being perfectly happy in their mental outlook and temperament. Either their feelings are too easily roused, or they are inclined to worry, to be depressed, irritable, nervous, or over-sensitive. Trifles whi..

Massage & Exercises Combined

Massage & Exercises Combined

by Albrecht Jensen

In this volume I have endeavored to place before the public a novel method of real scientific massage movements combined with exercises, so that the benefits of both may be obtained simultaneously. The simplicity of its technic together with its ready personal application make it possible for any individual to achieve excellent results from its use..