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The Family Companion for Health: Or, Plain, Easy, and Certain Rules, Which Being Punctually Observ'd and Follow'd, Will Keep Families Free from Diseases, and Procure Them a Long Life. Designed for The Directionm of All Charitable House-Keepers, in Administrating Kitchen-Physick in their Families. The Second Edition.
Strother, Dr. Edward · London
- Author
- Strother, Dr. Edward
- Date
- 1730
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for F. Favram and J. leake
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 8vo.(4.75" x 7.75") (11) + 426 + (25) pp. Full brown mottled leather with bright gilt rule framing boards. Spine with five gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment. All edges speckled red. Minor wear to boards, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to lower tips, some chipping to gilt rule framing boards and on spine. Spine with light craquelure. Prior owner in old ink to first free endpaper. Very clean, almost white pages.
- Format
- It was specifically designed for housekeepers and heads of households. Its purpose was to enable them to provide basic medical relief to family members, servants, and menials without always needing an expensive doctor or apothecary. Strother focused heavily on preventive medicine by advising families on how to manage the six historical "non-naturals". These included diet, sleep, exercise, passions of the mind (emotions), and changes in the air or weather.
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Record
- S.I.10283
The Family Companion for Health: Or, Plain, Easy, and Certain Rules, Which Being Punctually Observ'd and Follow'd, Will Keep Families Free from Diseases, and Procure Them a Long Life. Designed for The Directionm of All Charitable House-Keepers, in Administrating Kitchen-Physick in their Families. The Second Edition by Dr. Edward Strother.
8vo.(4.75" x 7.75") (11) + 426 + (25) pp. 1730, London: Printed for F. Favram and J. Leake; Full brown mottled leather with bright gilt rule framing boards. Spine with five gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment. All edges speckled red. Minor wear to boards, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to lower tips, some chipping to gilt rule framing boards and on spine. Spine with light craquelure. Prior owner in old ink to first free endpaper. Very clean, almost white pages.
It was specifically designed for housekeepers and heads of households. Its purpose was to enable them to provide basic medical relief to family members, servants, and menials without always needing an expensive doctor or apothecary. Strother focused heavily on preventive medicine by advising families on how to manage the six historical "non-naturals". These included diet, sleep, exercise, passions of the mind (emotions), and changes in the air or weather.
Condition
Very Good
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