Diet for the Sick. A Treatise on The Values of Foods, Their Application to Special Conditions of Health and Disease, and on the Best Methods of Their Preparation.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Octavo, 234, [4] pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. The author's second book, following her popular Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving of 1877. Henderson and her husband John B. Henderson, Senator from Missouri, were wealthy land speculators and early real estate developers, first in St. Louis, and then in Washington D.C., where she was instrumental in creating the Meridian Hill neighborhood. While this book is not.....