Manual of health and temperance; with appendix on infectious diseases and ambulance work by J.W. Springthorpe.


Title

Manual of health and temperance; with appendix on infectious diseases and ambulance work by J.W. Springthorpe.

Date

Description

Thomas Brodribb, a former Inspector-General of Schools and Head of the Education Department of Victoria, provided the Manual of Health as an accompaniment to lessons on health and temperance prescribed by the Victorian curriculum. The book has eight chapters ‘air, food, drink, dwellings, clothing, exercise, rest and recreation and water’, with focus on the role of food being how it interacts with the body, and how this is moderated by cooking.
Second Victorian edition

Source

Held by Monash University Library's Rare Books Collection. Find this item in the Library catalogue.

Type

Extent

vi, 160 pages :illustrations ;19 cm.

Rights

Out of copyright

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https://repository.monash.edu/files/upload/Rare-Books/SchoolingFood/rb_SchoolFood_021.pdf

Collection

Citation

Brodribb, T. (Thomas), 1836 - and Springthorpe, J. W. (John William), “Manual of health and temperance; with appendix on infectious diseases and ambulance work by J.W. Springthorpe.,” Monash Collections Online, accessed December 8, 2023, https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/78712.

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