Product Description: The young are often accused of being thoughtless, rash, and unwilling to be advised. That the former of these charges is in a great measure just, is not denied. Indeed, what else could be expected? They are thoughtless, for they are yet almost strangers to the world, and its cares and perplexities...read more

William Andrus Alcott (1798-1859) was a physician and teacher who wrote many books on the topics of education and health. His book The Phisology of Marriage warned against free courtship. "Conversation which is too excitable", "presence of exciting books", "unnecessary heat" and many other courtship practices prevalent in 18th century were to be avoided. The Young Mother Or Management Of Children In Regard To Health includes chapters on the nursery, temperature, dress, ventilation, swathing, hats shoes, pins, wet clothing, cleanliness, bathing, food, teething, conduct of the mother, exercise, amusement, laughing, sleep, and much more.

Product Description: This Young Woman's Guide was begun, soon after the appearance of the Young Man's Guide--and was partially announced to the public. For reasons, however, which I have not room to give in this place, it was thought proper to defer its publication till the appearance of several other volumes in the same spirit, involving more particularly the relative duties...read more

Advice on such topics as digestion, nutrition, human growth and development, and reproduction stressing a moral basis.

Product Description: "Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders" is a work in which confessions of the impotence of the Healing Art, generally so-called, greatly abound, and in which the public ignorance of the Laws of Health or Hygiene met the consequences of that ignorance, presented with great plainness...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible...read more