Nutrition, health and wellbeing
Title
Nutrition, health and wellbeing
Description
This rare collection of materials spanning 1893 to 1920 explores early Australian publications on general health and wellbeing, including women’s health, hygiene, medicine, exercise, nutrition, temperance. Additional publications devoted to specific areas of health can be found in the Nutrition, and Disease Prevention collections.
Subject
Health and the home
Items in the Nutrition, health and wellbeing collection
Save our mothers : an appeal by the Commonwealth Minister for Health Rt. Hon. W.M. Hughes, K.C., M.P
"This booklet explains why the Commonwealth has launched the King George V and Queen Mary Maternity and and Infant Welfare Jubilee Memorial Fund Appeal. Wishing to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Their Majesties the Commonwealth sought a fitting…
The history of the intestinal infections (and typhus fever) in Australia 1788-1923
Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. The Evolution of Knowledge of these Diseases -- Chapter III. New South Wales, 1788-1830 -- Chapter IV. New South Wales, 1830-56 -- Chapter V. New South Wales, 1856-1923 -- Chapter VI. New South Wales -…
Have you eye appeal : how to obtain that elusive quality
Promotes Chamberlain Products (including Sloan's Liniment) in addition to various beauty tips.
What to eat and when and how and why : what to do by natural methods to recover health and prevent disease
This book features food related advertisements from 1913 and has chapters about healing, common ailments and the best type of foods to eat.
A manual of midwifery for midwives
Contents: Chapter I The pelvis, bones of. cavity of, outlet and inlet of, true and false, its diameters -- Chapter II Deformities of the pelvis ... -- Chapter III The female genital organs -- Chapter IV Ovulation and menstruation, vicarious…
The Home nurse : home nursing in all cases of sickness, childbirth, and accidents
Contents: Foreword -- The qualities of a good nurse -- Don'ts for young nurses -- The hygiene of the sick room -- Making the patient comfortable -- Diagnosing disease -- External applications and enemata -- Surgical dressings -- Summary of emergency…
Handbook of repatriation, artificial limb factories and their products
Contents: Brief history of repatriation artificial limb factories -- From selected tree to artificial limb -- 4 types of artificial legs -- Solving the amputee's problem -- Rehabilitation -- The split hook and some of its uses and other arm…
What to do about overweight : a booklet of interest to those above normal weight
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Feeding the family : specific indications for the infant, the toddler, the pre-school child, the school child
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Fat reduction without drugs
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Common-sense slimming
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
The story of the teeth and how to save them
"Issued under the auspices of the Royal N. Z. Society for the Health of Women and Children and the Australian Mothercraft Society."Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin…
Rhu Pills diet chart : for regularity, slimness, rheumatism, backache
"How to help Rhu Pills to help you to become slim, healthy, youthful, regular, and free from bachache, joint and muscular pains" --Cover. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin…
Instruction for the use of the Hawkins Minipath Special Slimming Machine
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Nutrition and dietetics : our food and the uses we make of it
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Food and nutrition
Bibliography: p. 48. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
The "Natura" health guide for women and girls
![The "Natura" health guide for women and girls](https://fusion.deakin.edu.au/files/square_thumbnails/6fc6a809ec582c832aeee7fe17dfde02.jpg "The "Natura" health guide for women and girls")
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collections. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Planning family dietary for adequate nutrition
"This pamphlet has been compiled under the supervision of the Nutrition Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council"-- Back cover. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books.…