The New Century Primer of Hygiene for Fourth Year Pupils by Jeanette Winter Hall and Dr. Winfield Scott Hall
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content: 1901
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content: American Book Company
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content: This turn of the 20th Century textbook on physiology and introduction to comparative anatomy contains numerous illustrations, most in black and white in154 pages. An additional 6 pages feature advertisements. The front cover is illustrated with an elaborate brown floral pattern. The back cover is imprinted with the publisher’s insignia containing a lit torch, an open book, and eagle’s wings.
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content: Jeannette Winter Hall was an early American author born in 1860 in Cicero, Illinois after her parents immigrated from England. She was a prolific author of textbooks on hygiene and physiology for the lower grades. In addition to guiding teachers, her books were designed to assist parents with the education of their children. Besides <i>The New Century Primer of Hygiene for Fourth Year Pupils</i> (1901), her works include: <i>New Century Series of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene</i> (1918); <i>A Manual of Sex Hygiene</i> (1913); and <i>Girlhood and Its Problems: The Sex Life of Woman</i> (1914).
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content: Her frequent co-author was husband Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, a professor of physiology at Northwestern University. Together they were American pioneers in the field of sex education.
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content: The American Book Company was an educational book publisher formed in 1890 and based in New York City that specialized in elementary school, secondary school, and collegiate-level textbooks. The company was absorbed into D. C. Heath in 1981. Any remaining K-12 assets of the American Book Company were acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 1995.
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content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2017.3049.33
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content: 2017.3049
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content: 2017.3049.33
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content: book
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content: instructional materials
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 13.335 cm x 1.27 cm