The Dietary Adventures of Anabil Lee

Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1924. Cloth. Very good +. [COOKERY] [CHILD REARING] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Press of F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA.
8vo (9 5/8" x 6 7/8"); 80pp; navy cloth over board, gilt lettering and border, onlaid b&w round photograph of a child; physician name on front "Geo. A.F. Lundberg, M.D."; b&w illustrations; age-toned paper; neat ink notes on the blank pages; very good plus. A premium baby book that was given to parents by the obstetrician or pediatricians on their first visit. It includes hints for promoting childhood health, including recipes, and normal growth and development milestones. This one includes the life of a child named Nancy Jane Anderson born in 1926 in Connecticut. The mother carefully recorded both the child's doctor visits and the milestones in the child's life through her high school years and into her acceptance at the University of New Hampshire in 1945. At the age of 12 Nancy Jane was bitten by a dog while riding her bicycle and the book records her anti-rabies vaccinations. Interesting as a childhood growth and development book and also to follow the life of a young girl into adulthood as recorded by her mother.