Pathfinder Physiology No. 1. Child’s Health Primer for Primary Classes with Special Reference to Effects of Alcohol Drinks Stimulants, and Narcotics Upon the Human System
overall: 7 1/4 in x 5 in x 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.27 cm
Object Name:
book
Object Type:
instructional materials
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
1889
Description:
This 19th Century textbook was designed to teach the effects of alcohol and other narcotics on the human body, in connection with other facts of physiology and hygiene. <i>Pathfinder Physiology No. 1. Child’s Health Primer for Primary Classes with Special Reference to Effects of Alcohol Drinks Stimulants, and Narcotics Upon the Human System</i> is the first of a three book health series that was endorsed by The Department of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It contains 127 pages and numerous black and white illustrations. The front cover design is an intricate floral pattern along a grid, with a shield. The back cover is imprinted with the publisher’s insignia of a lit torch, an open book, and eagle’s wings. The front inside cover page contains handwritten names of previous owners: “Gladys Sechrist, West Salem, Ohio” and “Homer Sechrist, West Salem, Ohio.”
While no author is listed, there is an endorsement by American activist Mary Hunt (1830-1906), nee Mary Hannah Hanchett, National and International Superintendent of the Scientific Department of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Life Director of the National Education Association and a list of four others on an advisory board. This book was one that Mary Hunt used to influence her national campaign on mandatory instruction of morality and temperance in the public school system.
The copywrite was assigned to A. S. Barnes & Co. in 1884.
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
