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2. An abstract from the account of the Asylum, or, House of Refuge, situate in the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surry: instituted in the year 1758, for the reception of friendless and deserted orphan girls, the settlement of whose parents cannot be found

Author(s):
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Publication:
[London] : Printed by order of the Guardians, 1799
Subject(s):
Orphanages -- organization & administration
Child, Orphaned
England
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)

4. An abstract of the methods of curing diseases of the eyes, legs and breasts: and on the cure of cancerous, scrophulous and other chronic diseases, by mild internal remedies : to which are added, observations on the dangerous effects of altering the accustomed diet of patients and the ill effects of salt water, hemlock, &c

Author(s):
Rowley, William, 1742-1806
Publication:
London : Printed for F. Newbery ..., 1774
Subject(s):
Leg Ulcer -- therapy
Eye Diseases -- therapy
Chronic Disease -- therapy
Diet Therapy -- adverse effects

12. An account of the institution and proceedings of the Guardians of the Asylum or House of Refuge, situate in the parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surry: for the reception of orphan girls, whose settlements cannot be found

Author(s):
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Publication:
[London] : Printed by order of the Guardians : at the Logographic Press, Blackfriars, 1786
Subject(s):
Orphanages -- organization & administration
Child, Orphaned
England
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)

14. An account of the tenia or long tape worm: and of the method of treating it as practised at Morat in Switzerland : being a translation of a memoir published at Paris entitled "Traitementcontre le tenia ou ver solitaire, pratiquè a Morat en Suisse, examinè et eprouvè a Paris, publiè ordre du roi"

Author(s):
Lassone, Joseph-Marie-François de, 1717-1788, author
Mottet, M., author
Publication:
London : Printed for J. Wilkie, MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Subject(s):
Taeniasis -- therapy
Nouffer, Madame.

16. The adventures of Mrs. Tend----: being an impartial answer to a letter to her friend : in which are exhibited some remarks worthy the attention of the curious, her conduct with that of Tend----'s fairly laid open, the injured characters vindicated, and submitted to the public : also letters which passed between them, with some moral reflections

Author(s):
Gentleman, active 1768, author
Publication:
Dublin : Printed for S. Buck, MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Subject(s):
Marriage
Divorce
Kingsman, Dorothea.
Tenducci, Giusto Ferdinando, approximately 1735-1790.

17. Advice to booksellers, perfumers, &c. not to sell any more stamps with their medicines, (patent ones excepted) nor the public to pay for them: founded on constitutional principles, with strictures on the Medicine Act, respectfully submitted to His Most Gracious Majesty, and both Houses of Parliament

Author(s):
Spilsbury, Francis.
Publication:
London : Sold by G. Wilkie ... ; and other booksellers, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Subject(s):
Legislation, Pharmacy
History, 18th Century
Nonprescription Drugs
Taxes -- legislation & jurisprudence
England

21. Aristotle's book of problems: with other astronomers, astrologers, physicians, and philosophers : wherein is contained divers questions and answers touching the state of man's body : together with the reasons of divers wonders in the creation : the generations of birds, beasts, fishes, and insects, and many other problems on the most weighty matters, by way of question and answer

Publication:
London : Printed for J. W. J. K. D. M. A. B. E. R. M. R. T. L. B. M. and A. W., [176-?]
Subject(s):
Physiological Phenomena

22. Aristotle's compleat and experienc'd midwife: in two parts : I. a guide for child-bearing women, in the time of theor conception, bearing and suckling their children : with the best means of helping them, both in natural and unnatural labours : together with suitable remedies for the various indispositions of newborn infants : II. proper and safe remedies for the curing all those distempers that are incident to the female sex : and more especially those that are any obstruction to their bearing of children : a work far more perfect than any yet extant, and highly necessary for all surgeons, midwives, nurses, and child-bearing women

Publication:
London : Printed, and sold by the booksellers, [1740?]
Subject(s):
Midwifery
Reproduction
Obstetrics
Infant Care

23. Aristotle's compleat master-piece: in three parts : displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man : regularly digested into chapters and sections, rendring it far more useful and easy than any yet extant : to which is added, A treasure of health, or, The family physician : being choice and approved remedies for all the several distempers incident to human bodies

Publication:
[London?] : Printed, and sold by the Booksellers, 1728
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Medicine

24. Aristotle's master-piece compleated: in two parts : the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof : treating of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches, signs of insufficiency in men or women ... : the second part being A private looking-glass for the female sex

Publication:
Glasgow : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Subject(s):
Midwifery
Sex Education
Congenital Abnormalities

25. Aristotle's master-piece compleated: in two parts: the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof : treating of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches, signs of insufficiency in men or women : of the infusion of the soul : of the likeness of children to parents : of monstrous births : the cause and cure of the green-sickness : a discourse of virginity, diretions and cautions for midwives : of the organs of generation in women, and the fabrick of the womb : the use and actions of the genitals, signs of conception, and whether of a male or female : with a word of advice to both sexes, in the act of copulation : and the pictures of several monstrous births, &c : the second part, being A private looking-glass for the female-sex : treating of the various maladies of the womb, and all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each : the whole being more correct, than any thing of this kind hitherto published

Publication:
London : Printed by B. H. and are to be sold by most booksellers, 1702
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Congenital Abnormalities
Parturition
Uterus -- pathology

27. The Attila of the gout

Author(s):
Marten, John, -1737
Publication:
London : Printed for the author, and sold by N. Crouch ... M. Atkins ... P. Varenne ... C. King ... J. Isted ... A. Bettesworth ..., 1713
Subject(s):
Gout -- etiology
Gout -- therapy

33. Candid invitations to serious and unbiased reflections, concerning the great and dreadful increase, malignancy and direfull effects of fevers, and other epidemick diseases: which yearly destroy great numbers of all ranks and degrees, age and sex : with important inquiries, remarks and observations on the causes therof : to which is added : reasons and motives to demonstrate the necessity of putting an immediate stop to their growing progress ... : recommended to the serious and unbiased consideration of all who may think the means for preserving life and health

Author(s):
White, R., active 1763-1777
Publication:
London : [s.n.], MDCCLXIII [1763]
Subject(s):
Epidemics -- prevention & control
Disease -- etiology
United Kingdom

39. Cautions to the public against new attempts to substitute a spurious preparation for the original syrup of Mr. de Velnos: the recipe for which has been purchased of Dr. Mercier ... by the author, Isaac Swainson, sole proprietor of Velnos' Original Vegetable Syrup

Author(s):
Swainson, Isaac, 1746-1812, author
Publication:
[London?] : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Subject(s):
Counterfeit Drugs
England
Mercier, Peter.
Velnos, Jean-Joseph Vergely de.

41. Chemical essays: being a continuation of my reflections on fixed fire, with observations and strictures upon Drs. Priestley's, Fordyce's, Pearson's, and Beddoes's late papers in the Philosophical transactions : and an answer to the reviewers

Author(s):
Harrington, Robert, 1751-1837
Publication:
London : Printed for T. Faulder ... J. Murray ... J. Evans ... and W. Creech, Edinburgh, [1793]
Subject(s):
Chemistry
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.

46. [Cour]se of lectures upon midwifery: wherein the theory and practice of that art are explain'd in the clearest manner ; more particularly, the structure of the pelvis and uterus ; of the foetus in utero, and after parturition ; the management of child-bearing women, during pregnancy, in time of labour, and after delivery ; the manner of delivering women, in all the variety of natural, difficult, and preternatural labours, perform'd on different machines made in imitation of real women and children

Author(s):
Smellie, William, 1697-1763
Publication:
[London? : s.n.], printed in the year MDCCXLII [1742]
Subject(s):
Midwifery -- education

52. Detection of a conspiracy, to suppress a general good in physic, and to promote error and ignorance in that important science: being the singular case of John Tennant, M.D. : which was brought against him, maliciously, a trial at the Old Bailey for bigamy

Author(s):
Tennent, John, 1710-1748, author
Publication:
London : Printed for the author, MDCCXLIII [1743]
Subject(s):
Dissent and Disputes
Marriage
United Kingdom
United States
Tennent, John,

57. A disquisition on remedies which dissolve the stone, in the human bladder: wherein the different medicinal substances and compositions, recommended for this intention, are impartially scrutinized : and their respective lithontriptic virtues ascertained

Author(s):
Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van, 1700-1772, author
Publication:
London : Printed for John Williams, MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Subject(s):
Urinary Bladder Calculi -- therapy
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Urinary Bladder Calculi -- etiology
United Kingdom
Stephens, Joanna, -1774.

58. A dissertation on the disorders which affect the neck of the bladder, the urinary passage, and the neighbouring parts: producing excrescences in the urethra ... ; likewise hollow flexible catheters or bougies are made by the author ... ; a proper liquid for injection is also prepared by Francis Lallier

Author(s):
Lallier, Francis.
Publication:
London : Sold by Mr. Nicoll ; Mr. Axtell, [1785?]
Subject(s):
Urinary Catheterization
Equipment and Supplies
Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction

64. An English Fellow's answer to a Scotch licentiate's letter: or, a vindication of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London, from the charge of iniquity brought against the Fellows of the said College, in the said letter

Publication:
London : Printed for J. Roberts, MDCCLIII [1753]
Subject(s):
Education, Medical -- ethics
Fellowships and Scholarships -- ethics
Licensure, Medical -- ethics
Royal College of Physicians of London.
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
University of Oxford.
University of Cambridge.

66. An Essay on external appended remedies: occasioned by the very great increase of late years in the bills of mortality ... : in this essay therefore is clearly proved ... that by the wearing only of a certain anodyne necklace approved of and recommended to the world by Dr. Chamberlaine, children will easily breed, and presently cut their teeth without any pain ... women in labour be easily, presently and safely delivered : and most distempers of the head cured

Publication:
London : Printed by H. Parker, 1716
Subject(s):
Analgesics
Jewelry
Tooth Eruption
Parturition
Nostrums
Chamberlen, Paul, 1635-1717.

72. The family's best friend, or The whole art of cookery made plain and easy: together with a complete system of brewery ; the management of malt liquors ; the distillery of simple and compound waters, family cordials, &c ; and instructions for the cultivating of the fruit, flower, and kitchen garden ; the whole being calculated for the preservation of heath, and upon the principles of frugality ... ; the result of forty years practice and experience, together with great assistance in every branch ; embellished with cuts, for trussing fowls, game, &c ; to which is now added, Mons. Millien's famous discovery for preventing either steel, brass, or any other metal from taking rust or canker ; an infallible remedy to prevent persons from taking the small-pox, or any other epidemical disorder ; a certain cure for the bite of a mad dog ; and a variety of other choice nostrums of equal value

Author(s):
Fairfax, Arabella.
Publication:
London : Printed for C. Henderson, [ca. 1755]
Subject(s):
Cooking
Alcoholic Beverages
Medicine, Traditional

74. The fourteenth edition of an essay, on the nature and cure of scrophulous disorders, commonly called the king's evil: deduced from long observation and practice : with additions : and above sixty cases : the remedies in them used, and occasional remarks : to which is prefixed a coloured plate of the herb vervain, and its root : published for the good of mankind, particularly the common people

Author(s):
Morley, John, -1776, author
Publication:
London : Printed for James Buckland, 1775
Subject(s):
King's Evil
Medicine, Traditional
Plants, Medicinal
London

76. A general state of the corporation of the London-Hospital, for the reception and relief of sick and wounded seaman, manufacturers, and labouring poor their wives and children: from its institution, November, M,DCC,XL, to the first of January, M,DCC,XCVI : with a list of the governors, &c

Author(s):
London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)
Publication:
London : Printed by J. and J. March ..., 1796
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Voluntary -- organization & administration
London Hospital (Whitechapel, London, England)

77. Grana angelica, or, The true Scots pills: (left to posterity by Dr. Patrick Anderson of Edinburgh, physician to his Majesty King Charles the First, and constantly used as his ordinary physick by Charles the Second) are faithfully prepared only by James Inglish (son of David Inglish, deceased, and grandson of I. Inglish of Edinburgh) living at the Unicorn, no. 165, over-against the new church in the Strand, London

Author(s):
Inglish, James.
Publication:
[London : s.n., 1799]
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations

79. A guide to health, or, Advice to both sexes in a variety of complaints: with an essay on the venereal disease, gleets, seminal weakness, and that destructive habit called onanism : likewise, an address to parents, tutors, and guardians of youth

Author(s):
Solomon, Samuel, -approximately 1818
Publication:
London : Printed for the author, and sold by Mathews ... H.D. Symonds ... and all the booksellers in Great-Britain and America, [1797?]
Subject(s):
Health Promotion
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Masturbation -- prevention & control

88. An historical essay on the dropsy

Author(s):
Wilkes, Richard, 1691-1760
Publication:
London : Printed for B. Law ... and G. Ray ..., 1781
Subject(s):
Edema

90. A hole to creep out at from the late Act of Parliament against geneva, and other spirituous liquors: by a new dram far better than gin, and a new punch, far wholesomer than either brandy, rum, or arrack punch ; this book given gratis up one pair of stairs, at the sign of this anodyne necklace over-against Devreux-Court, without Temple-Bar ; and at Mr. Bradshaw's Stoughton's, & Daffy's Elixir Ware-House, under the back piazza of the Royal Exchange

Publication:
London : Printed by J. Hughs, 1736
Subject(s):
Alcoholic Beverages
Analgesics
Chamberlen, Paul, 1635-1717.

93. The inefficacy of all mercurial preparations in the cure of venereal and scorbutic disorders, proved from reason and experience: with a dissertation on Mr. de Velnos's vegetable syrup, which radically cures every species of the above disorders ; and an accurate analysis of that medicine ... ; to which are added, a refutation of Dr. Burrows's late scurrilous pamphlet

Author(s):
Saffory, Henry.
Publication:
London : To be had of Mr. Evans ; Mr. Corrall ; and of Mr. Southern, MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Subject(s):
Mercury -- adverse effects
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Burrows, John, M.D.
Velnos, Jean-Joseph Vergely de.

96. It was my original intention, in discussing the subject, not to advert to any particular instance of the Caesarian operation: but, in consequence of the intruduction of my name, and that of Mr. Ogden, into the account of the case lately published by Mr. Wood in the fifth volume of the Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, I feel myself called upon to say a few words in reply

Author(s):
Simmons, W. (William), 1762-1830
Publication:
Manchester : Printed by Sowler & Russell ..., [1799]
Subject(s):
Cesarean Section
Gangrene

97. Kick for kick, and cuff for cuff: a clear stage, and no favour, or, a refutation of a bombastical scurrilous postscript, wrote by one who calls himself Gabriel John, others still will have it Daniel Defoe, which he calls Reflections on my Hudibrastick reply, to his Flagellum or dry answer to Dr. Hancocke's Liquid book

Author(s):
Taylor, Thomas, fl. 1723
Publication:
London : Printed by Eliz. Rumball, for Tho. Croush ... J. Isted, 1723
Subject(s):
Hancocke, John, -1728.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.