Anna Fischer - Duckelmann, Female house doctor 1928.

Publisher: Gebethner and Wolf Publishing House
Condition: Used
Cover type: Soft
Size: 16x26cm
Number of pages: 868
Weight: 2.5 kg

"Woman's Home Doctor" is a book written by Anna Fischer-Duckelmann, it is a practical guide for women on primary health care, which was very popular in its time and lived to see many editions. The book contains 460 illustrations and 35 plates and color appendices. The scope of the work, divided into three parts. Part One: "Nursing" covers anatomical, nutritional and livelihood issues. Part Two: "Treatment" is an alphabetical listing of diseases along with ways to treat or prevent them, while Part Three: "Children" presents issues including obstetrics and nursing of children.