Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Women, plumbers, and doctors: or, household sanitation

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885.

Dedicated "To Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, whose early, persistent, and enthusiastic labors make him the apostle of sanitation in America." Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

Facet Tags

Public Health
Women & Gender

Subjects

Hygiene PUBLIC HEALTH WOMEN in Medicine & the Life Sciences, Publications About WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1800 - 1899

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#9159
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/11338
External URL	women-plumbers-and-doctors-or-household-sanitation-showing-that-if-women-and-plumbers-do-their-whole-sanitary-duty-there-will-be-comparatively-little-occasion-for-the-services-of-the-doctors

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York