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1. Gunn's new family physician, or, Home book of health: forming a complete household guide, giving many valuable suggestions for avoiding disease and prolonging life, with plain directions in case of energency, and pointing out in familiar language the causes, symptoms, treatment and cure of diseases incident to men, women, and children with the simplest and best remedies : presenting a manual for nursing the sick, and describing minutely the properties and uses of hundreds of well-known medicinal plants : with supplementary treatises on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, on domestic and sanitary economy, and on physical culture and development

2. Gunn's neuer Hausarzt, oder, Handbuch der Gesundheit: ein vollständiger Leitfaden für Familien : mit vielen werthvollen Rathschlägen, wie Krankheit zu vermeiden und das Leben zu verlängern sei, und einer volkstümlichen Darstellung der Ursachen und Symptome, der Behandlung und Heilung aller Krankheiten, denen Männer, Frauen und Kinder unterworfen sind : nebt Angabe der einfachsten und bewährtesten Medikamente und einer genauen Beschreibung der Eigenschaften und der Anwendung mehrer hundert bekannte heilkräftiger Pflanzen

3. Gunn's newest family physician, or, Home-book of health: an approved household guide for avoiding disease and prolonging life, giving clear directions in case of drowning, poisoning, wounds and other emergencies, with plain instructions for managing the sick-room and nursing the sick : and pointing out the best methods for securing pure air, pure water, and proper drainage for dwellings and premises, and familiarly indicating the causes and symptoms and the requisite treatment for the cure of the diseases incident to men, women, and children : with the simplest and best remedies, more especially those from the vegetable materia medica : accurate descriptions are given of the forms, properties, and uses of hundreds of well-known medicinal plants : also, separate treatises on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, on domestic and sanitary economy, and illustrated lessons for physical recreation in swimming, rowing, riding, jumping, etc. : with an appendix containing some 400 tested practical recipes and remedies for diseases of domestic animals

5. Gunn's New domestic physician: or, Home book of health : a complete guide for families : giving many valuable suggestions for avoiding disease and prolonging life, and pointing out in familiar language the causes, symptoms, treatment and cure of the diseases incident to men, women and children, with the simplest and best remedies : also, describing minutely the properties and uses of hundreds of well-known medicinal plants

6. Gunn's New domestic physician, or, Home book of health: a complete guide for families, giving many valuable suggestions for avoiding disease and prolonging life, and pointing out in familiar language the causes, symptoms, treatment and cure of the diseases incident to men, women and children : with the simplest and best remedies, also, describing minutely the properties and uses of hundreds of well-known medicinal plants