Roycroft Publishing

Kellogg

Home Health
Victorian Wellness
Archive: 1875–1891
Kellogg's Home Hand-Book — The Victorian Household Health Encyclopedia ◆ Four Guides to 19th-Century Health, Hygiene, and Domestic Medicine ◆
Kellogg's Home Hand-Book — The Victorian Household Health Encyclopedia ◆ Four Guides to 19th-Century Health, Hygiene, and Domestic Medicine ◆
Kellogg's Home Hand-Book — The Victorian Household Health Encyclopedia ◆ Four Guides to 19th-Century Health, Hygiene, and Domestic Medicine ◆
Kellogg's Home Hand-Book — The Victorian Household Health Encyclopedia ◆ Four Guides to 19th-Century Health, Hygiene, and Domestic Medicine ◆
4
Home Guides
1800+
Pages Total
PDF
Format
01 Highlights

Victorian Home Health

Before he was famous for cereal, Kellogg was America's most popular home health advisor. The Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene is an 1,800+ page household medical encyclopedia — the WebMD of the 19th century. The Household Manual and Monitor are companion guides for daily health practices. First Book in Physiology was his school textbook teaching children the basics of anatomy and hygiene.

02 Format Options
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03 Overview

The Home Hand-Book of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine (1881) is a massive household reference — diseases, treatments, anatomy, diet, exercise, and home nursing. Kellogg wrote it for ordinary families, making complex health science accessible.

The Household Manual of Domestic Hygiene (1875) and Household Monitor of Health (1891) are companion volumes — practical daily guidance on sanitation, food preparation, infant care, and disease prevention in the home.

First Book in Physiology and Hygiene (1888) was Kellogg's health textbook for schools — a charming and surprisingly modern introduction to how the body works. All public domain PDFs.

04 What's Included

Texts Included (PDF)

  • HOME HAND-BOOK OF DOMESTIC HYGIENE (1881) — JH Kellogg
  • HOUSEHOLD MANUAL OF DOMESTIC HYGIENE (1875)
  • HOUSEHOLD MONITOR OF HEALTH (1891)
  • FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY & HYGIENE (1888)

Topics Covered

  • Home Medicine & Nursing
  • Nutrition & Diet
  • Sanitation & Hygiene
  • Anatomy for Beginners
  • Infant & Child Care

Format

  • USB Flash Drive (default)
  • DVD also available
  • PDF Files — Public Domain
05 Quality Assurance

Historic source scans can vary in image quality, typography, page tone, and OCR/search accuracy. These files are provided as a DRM-free historical reference collection for study and collecting.

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