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The art of preserving health : a poem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, John, 1709-1779, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hygiene--Poetry.
- Hygiene.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume (88 pages)).
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : B. Franklin, 1745.
- Notes:
- Collection reference: Log.4177.D
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia's catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan.
- Until the mid-18th century most books on health for laypersons were concerned with regimen, or what we call lifestyle. These were as much works of moral philosophy (in this case versified) as medicine, written for educated, leisured readers, and read avidly in America; so much so that Franklin reprinted his own edition of this poem.
- Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).
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