Recent Acquisitions
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Books
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Moore, Margaret Jane. Advice to Young Mothers… London, 1823.
This book, written by A Grandmother (Margaret Jane Moore) from her own experience, provided practical advice for mothers. Divided into five parts, the author addresses all aspects of child rearing with the emphasis on preventing disease rather than curing it.
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Muller, H. Manchester Evening Chronicle Household Medical Adviser… Manchester, circa 1900.
Published under the auspices of the Manchester Evening Chronicle (1897-1963), this compendium of commonsense medical advice includes information on human anatomy, infant care, first aid in accidents, home remedies, exercise and much more.
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Lecointe, Jourdan. La Cuisine de Santé… Paris, 1790.
Written by a physician, this three-volume work is a guide to the preparation of foods for a healthy diet to prolong life and also to prevent illness. Included are soups, puddings, vegetables, fish and poultry.
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Border, Daniel. [Polypharmakos ka’I Chymistes]: or the English Unparalell’d Physitian and Chyrurgian…London, 1651.
This work is a compilation of medical information to cure any disease and heal any wound, and includes recipes for a number of ‘rare and excellent’ medicines.
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Prints and Photographs
Martha Tabor, a Washington, D.C. based artist and photographer, donated to the Prints and Photographs Collection of The National Library of Medicine over 155 black and white photographs. The photographs depict contemporary health care professionals, a Women’s Exercise Research Program, and midwives. Here is a representative sampling of her photographs.
Emergency ambulance crew near Blue ridge, West Virginia August 11,1997
A new participant in the Women’s Exercise Research Center (WERC) at the George Washington University Medical center straps on leg weights. An instructor in the program gives her assistance. 
Nurse talks with patient in pure oxygen container. Used for helping wounds to heal at the Washington University Hospital. April, 1994
Surgery at the George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C. April 1994
Liz Rovere, PT/ATC, does scar tissue mobilization or massage with a patient who is preparing to do strengthening exercises at the Physical Therapy Department of The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. October 30, 1996.(PT/ATC=Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer Certified)
