"The invalid's oracle: containing peptic precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels ... To which is added, The pleasure of making a will." Published 1828.
Baily (1826-1916) was a Philadelphia-area merchant. His letters are a rich source of information about aging; the collection also includes his diaries (45 volumes, also stretching to 1916).
"Or, A plain philosophicall demonstration of the nature, faculties, and effects of all such things as by way of nourishments make for the preservation of health."
Please note that this item is very fragile; the librarian will want to know why you are interested before letting you use this book.
"The results of information received respecting nearly nine hundred persons who had attained the age of eighty years, including seventy-four centenarians."
Full title: Friends' Asylum for the Insane, 1813-1913: a descriptive account from its foundation, list of managers and officers from the beginning, facts and events in history, with appendix
These records include those of the Friends' Asylum in Philadelphia, which was known for its innovative approach to mental health care for the time. Materials include the Superintendent's journals and day books, minutes of various managing committees, financial information, and weather reports.
Hints for introducing an improved mode of treating the insane in the asylum
This book details Thomas Eddy's ideas for improving the operations of the Friends' Asylum and was read before the Governors of the New York Hospital in 1815.
Full title: Hints for introducing an improved mode of treating the insane in the asylum: read before the Governors of the New York Hospital on the 4th of Fourth-month, 1815
On the construction, organization, and general arrangements of hospitals for the insane
This book gives an account of the Friends' Asylum based on the operations of the year 1819.
Taylor Family papers
This collection contains the diary of Elizabeth R. Shoemaker Taylor who gives an account of Morgan Hinchman's commitment to Friends' Asylum in Frankford, PA, in 1847 which resulted in a lawsuit against his family.
Old Age Homes
Letter, Sarah W. Cooper to E. Newbold Cooper
In this 1916 letter the writer describes visiting the Home for Colored People on Friends Day.
Annual Report of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons