(MEDICINE - PEDIATRICS). WEICHARDT Theodore Thomas, Advice to mothers with regard to the prevention of various weaknesses and diseases to which children from their birth may be subject.

Advice for mothers to prevent various weaknesses and diseases to which children from their birth may be subjected.

Warsaw 1782. published and printed by Michał Gröll. (17 x 10 cm), pp. [8], 417. (and)
BALLEXSERD Jacques - Dyssertacya na to to pytanie: jakie są przednieysze przyczyny śmierci tak wielkiey liczby dzieci y jakie są nyskutecznieysze, a oraz nayprościeysze sposoby do ocalenia ich życia. By ... citizen of Geneva ... Enlarged with Speech and someoremi Notami by P. Kurcyusz ... Translated from the French by Stanislaw Szymanski. Warsaw 1785. in Drukarnia Nadworna J. K. Mci i Komisji Edukacji Narodowej. (17 x 10 cm), pp. [28], 188, vignettes in woodcut, co-opr. binding. period. (Abrasions of binding, traces of woodworm).
1 (Estr. T. 32). Traces of soiling, lack of preface card. good condition. Dedication to Adam Czartoryski Marshal of the Court of the W.X.L. The book is a guide for mothers in the care of the newborn and young child - especially in the prevention of diseases and weaknesses that children may have encountered from birth. A contemporary comparative view indicates that Weichardt was among the authors who emphasized the direct role of the mother as a nurturer, as a manifestation of genuine love and care for the child. Weichardt Theodore Thomas (1755, Lviv - after 1818), physician, popularizer of anatomical and pediatric knowledge and one of the pioneers of geriatrics, promoter in the Republic of smallpox vaccination, philosopher, translator. Very scarce.
2. (Estr. Vol. 12). Last few pages with woodworm marks. Good condition. Dedication to Barbara Ursula Sanguszko, widow of the Grand Marshal of Lithuania. This is an 18th century medical handbook that analyzes the causes of high child mortality and recommends simple and effective methods to save children's lives - developing the argument in the context of the new Enlightenment approach to infant and child health care. Very rare.