Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1909. Octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 289, [16] pages. Advertisements. Photographically illustrated. Fourth printing. Originally issued in 1904. While best known for The Boston Cooking School Cookbook, Fannie Farmer had more than a passing acquaintance with issues of health, convalescence and medicine. Farmer suffered a debilitating stroke following high school, and struggled for years to regain her mobility. After her studies at the Boston Cooking.....