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Start Over Collections Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 ✖Remove constraint Collections: Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 Genre Popular Works ✖Remove constraint Genre: Popular Works Dates by Range 1800-1849 ✖Remove constraint Dates by Range: 1800-1849

2. The American botanist, and family physician: in which the medical virtues of the mineral, animal and vegetable productions of North America are exhibited, together with their uses in the practice of physic and surgery : some of which are selected from Dr. Stearns, and other authors, but mostly original : comprehending a treatise upon the principal disorders of the climate, together with directions for preparing, compounding, and applying proper medicines for their cure : likewise, a large number of Indian discoveries in the medical art, never before published

Author(s):
Monroe, John, active 19th century, author
Publication:
Wheelock (Vt.) : Jonathan Morrison, 1824
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy
Plants, Medicinal
United States

3. The Indian vegetable family instructer: containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed : also a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, with new and plain arguments respecting the management of the same, with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions and from those very persons who were cured by the same after every other remedy had failed : designed for the use of families in the United States

Author(s):
Bowker, Pierpont F.
Publication:
Boston : Published by the author, 1836
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Plants, Medicinal

4. Outlines of physiology, both comparative and human: in which are described the mechanical, animal, vital, and sensorial organs and functions : also, the application of these principles to muscular exercise, and female fashions and deformities : intended for the use of schools and heads of families : together with a synopsis of human anatomy

Author(s):
Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
Publication:
New York : Pratt, Woodford, 1848
Subject(s):
Physiological Phenomena
Physiology, Comparative

16. Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners ; to which are added, observations on diet ; recommending a method of living less expensive, and more conducive to health, than the present : also, Advice to mothers, on the subject of their own health ; and of the means of promoting the health, strength, and beauty of their offspring

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Boston : Printed for Joseph Bumstead, (printer and bookseller.) ; for sale at his bookstore no. 77, State-Street, and by booksellers in various parts of the United States, 1813
Subject(s):
Medicine

17. Family physician: designed to assist heads of families, travellers and seafaring people in discerning, distinguishing, and curing diseases : with directions for the preparation and use of a numerous collection of the best American remedies, together with a large number of valuable receipts for making plasters, ointments, oils, poultices, decoctions, syrups or waters made of herbs, the time of gathering all herbs, the way of drying and keeping the herbs all the year, also the way of making and keeping all kinds of useful compounds made of herbs

Author(s):
Frisbee, John.
Publication:
Boston : J. Frisbee, 1847
Subject(s):
Medicine
Phytotherapy

19. Formula of prescriptions, and various instructions: for the service and guidance of those who have applied, are applying, or shall apply, to the enemy to human diseases : to which is prefixed, a vindication, concerning the dietical abstinence, detecting the dangerous tendency of several articles forbidden as pernicious to the human body -- in which are included tobacco, salt and salted food, spirituous liquors, all sorts of spices, and coffee

Author(s):
Sylvan.
Publication:
Providence : Printed for the author, 1812
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Diet

28. Das Gicht- und Rheumatismus-Buch: sichere Heilung von Gicht und Rheumatismus, oder Belehrung über das einzige, sichere, leichte und schnelle Heilverfahren bei Gicht und Rheumatismus durch wohlseile, naturgemässe und in allen Fällen wirksame Mittel : zum Besten aller derartigen Leidenden und zur Warnung vor schwindelhaften, nusslosen oder schädlichen Medicamenten und Präparaten

Publication:
[St. Louis : s.n., 18--]
Subject(s):
Gout -- therapy
Arthritis, Rheumatoid -- therapy

33. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V]

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

34. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V (Volume 1)

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

35. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V (Volume 2)

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

36. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V (Volume 3)

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

40. A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson: containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new ; to which is prefixed an introduction to his New guide to health, or Botanic family physician ; containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, ect. [sic]

Author(s):
Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843
Publication:
Columbus, Ohio : Published by Pike, Platt, & Co. Agents ; printed by Martin L. Lewis, 1832
Subject(s):
Medicine
Plants, Medicinal

43. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V (Volume 4)

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

44. The domestic encyclopaedia : or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V (Volume 5)

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street : and T. & J. Swords, New-York ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803[-1804]
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

46. The American domestick medicine, or, Medical admonisher: containing some account of anatomy, the senses, diseases, casualties ; a dispensatory, and glossary ; in which the observations, and remedies, are adapted to the diseases, &c. of the United States ; designed for the use of families

Author(s):
Jameson, Horatio G. (Horatio Gates), 1778-1855
Publication:
Baltimore : Published by the author ; John D. Toy, printer, 1818
Subject(s):
Medicine

48. Curiosities of medical experience

Author(s):
Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon), 1782-1862
Publication:
Philadelphia : Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1838
Subject(s):
Disease
Medicine

56. The medical companion, or, Family physician: treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure, and means of prevention : common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. : the management and diseases of women and children : a dispensatory, for preparing family medicines, and a glossary explaining technical terms : to which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body showing, on rational principles, the cause and cure of diseases : an essay on hygieine [sic], or the art of preserving health without the aid of medicine : an American materia medica, pointing out the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants : also, the nurse's guide

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1836
Subject(s):
Medicine

57. The philosophy of natural history

Author(s):
Smellie, William, 1740-1795
Publication:
Dover, N.H. : Published by Thomas & Tappan, & Samuel Bragg, Jun., sold by them at their respective book stores in Portsmouth and Dover ; by Isaiah Thomas , Jun. in Worcester ; by Wright, Goodenow and Stockwell, in Boston, and Troy, N.Y., 1808
Subject(s):
Natural History

58. Medical admonitions to families: respecting the preservation of health, and the treatment of the sick : also, a table of symptoms, serving to point out the degree of danger, and, to distinguish one disease from another : with Observations on the improper indulgence of children, &c

Author(s):
Parkinson, James, 1755-1824
Publication:
Portsmouth, New-Hampshire : Printed for Charles Peirce, by N. S. & W. Peirce, 1803
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Hygiene
Child Rearing

65. The philosophy of mesmerism, or animal magnetism: being a compilation of facts ascertained by experience, and drawn from the writings of the most celebrated magnetisers in Europe and America : intended to facilitate the honest inquirer after truth, and promote the happiness of mankind, by diffusing the knowledge of one of nature's wisest laws and most benevolent institutions

Author(s):
Dickerson, K.
Publication:
Concord, N. H. : Morrill, Silsby & Co., 1843
Subject(s):
Hypnosis

71. Epidemic cholera

Author(s):
Ridgely, William S.
Publication:
Cincinnati : J.D. Thorpe, 1849
Subject(s):
Cholera

74. Plain and practical observations upon diseases resulting from worms: with remarks upon the utility of Swaim's vermifuge in cholera morbus, dysentery, and in all other diseases originating in debility of the digestive organs

Author(s):
Swaim, Wm. (William)
Publication:
Philadelphia : T. K. & P. G. Collins, Printers, 1843
Subject(s):
Helminthiasis -- drug therapy
Digestive System Diseases -- drug therapy
Nonprescription Drugs

75. An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire: who has, for more than two years, lived entirely without food : giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it : also other similar cases of abstinence, etc

Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Joseph Sharpless ..., 1810
Subject(s):
Fasting
Moore, Ann (Pegg)

76. Practical horse farrier, or, The traveller's pocket companion: shewing the best method to preserve the horse in health; and likewise the cure of the most prominent diseases to which this noble animal is subject, in the United States of America : the whole being the result of nearly forty years' experience, with an extensive practice

Author(s):
Carver, William, approximately 1754-1840
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and published by M'Carty & Davis ..., 1820
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases

77. Elements of chemistry

Author(s):
Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, comte de Chanteloup, 1756-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by John Bioren, for John Conrad, & Co. [and 2 others], 1801
Subject(s):
Chemistry

78. A treatise on the human teeth: concisely explaining their structure, and cause of decay : to which is added, the most beneficial and effectual method of treating all disorders incidental to the teeth and gums ; with directions for their judicious extraction, and proper mode of preservation : interspersed with observations

Author(s):
Skinner, R. C. (Richard Cortland), -approximately 1834
Publication:
New-York : Printed by Johnson & Stryker ..., for the author, 1801
Subject(s):
Dentistry
Tooth Diseases

79. On cholera

Author(s):
Cartwright, Samuel A., of Natchez
Publication:
[New Orleans?], 1849
Subject(s):
Cholera -- therapy

82. The poor man's friend: containing the infallible cure for the black tongue, with its causes and symptoms : also, the only remedy known to prevent the contagion from attacking those in charge of the patient : with the treatment for measles and scarlet fever, and a collection of fifty valuable remedies for various diseases

Author(s):
Richter, W. E.
Publication:
Hagerstown, Md. : Printed at the News Office, 1847
Subject(s):
Typhoid Fever -- therapy
Measles -- therapy
Scarlet Fever -- therapy

83. The book of private knowledge and advice: of the highest importance to individuals in the detection and cure of a "certain disease" (venereal), which if neglected or improperly treated, produces the most ruinous consequences to the human constitution : with particular, and all necessary directions, to a speedy and safe recovery

Author(s):
Cardwell, David P.
Publication:
New-York : [s.n.], 1833
Subject(s):
Gonorrhea
Syphilis

86. MacKenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts: constituting a complete practical library ... : a new American, from the latest London edition : with numerous and important additions generally : and the medical part carefully revised and adapted to the climate of the U. States : and also a new and most copious index

Author(s):
MacKenzie, Colin, 1775?-1827
Publication:
[Philadelphia] : Published by James Kay, Jun. and Brother, Philadelphia ... ; [Pittsburgh] : John I. Kay & Co., Pittsburgh, [1829]
Subject(s):
Agriculture
Cooking
Housekeeping
Pharmaceutical Preparations

88. What is homoeopathy?

Author(s):
Ehrmann, Benjamin.
Publication:
Chillicothe : Eli & Allen, 1848
Subject(s):
Homeopathy

93. Domestic medicine: a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : with directions for the management of common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations and wounds : the treatment peculiar to the diseases of women and children : with observations on the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine : and a treatise on animal, vegetable, mineral and aerial poisons, pointing out the symptoms, antidotes and means of cure, in cases of poisoning ; to which is annexed, a dispensatory, for the use of private practitioners, and a glossary, explaining technical terms

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Cincinnati : U.P. James, 1838
Subject(s):
Medicine
Materia Medica
Disease

95. Means of preserving health, and preventing diseases: founded principally on an attention to air and climate, drink, food, sleep, exercise, clothing, passions of the mind, and retentions and excretions : with an appendix, containing observations on bathing, cleanliness, ventilation, and medical electricity : and on the abuse of medicine ... : designed not merely for physicians, but for the information of others : to which is annexed, a glossary of the technical terms contained in the work

Author(s):
Ricketson, Shadrach, 1766-1839
Publication:
New-York : Printed by Collins, Perkins, and Co., sold by them, [and 10 others], 1806
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

97. Elementos de medicina

Author(s):
Brown, John, 1735-1788
Publication:
Impresos en México : Por D. Mariano de Zúñiga y Ontiveros ..., año de 1803
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

98. The lady's own book, or, Female safeguard: containing moral checks to population and a complete practical midwife : it also treats of generation, sterility, impotency, female complaints, the diseases of infants and children, a glossary or medical dictionary, a dispensatory of all the medicines recommended in this work, and many valuable recipes, purely upon reformed medical principles, written in a plain, yet chaste, style, and on moral principles for families and females

Author(s):
Brown, Z. J.
Publication:
Marshall [Michigan] : Statesman Office Print., 1847
Subject(s):
Midwifery
Reproduction
Phytotherapy

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