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2. The American medical guide for the use of families: in two parts : part 1st ; a materia medica ; being a treaties [i.e., treatise] on all the most useful articles used as medicine, including those which are the produce of our own country : part 2d therapeutics, or, the art of curing the various diseases of the human body : to which is added a short description of the constituent parts of the human body

Author(s):
Ruble, Thomas W. (Thomas White), 1765-
Publication:
Richmond, (Ky.) : Printed by E. Harris, for the author, 1810
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Materia Medica

6. Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist: containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases

Author(s):
Raspail, F.-V. (François-Vincent), 1794-1878
Publication:
New Orleans : [s.n.], 1846
Subject(s):
Disease
Therapeutics

13. The dogmaticus, or, Family physician: founded on reason and experience : containing 1st. A brief anatomical description of the human body : 2nd. A treatment on the symptoms and cure of diseases : 3rd. The names and qualities of medical plants, and other medicines made use of in the healing art : 4th. Directions for preparing and compounding medicines, and their particular use : arranged and divided into sections and classes : together with directions for preserving health, and an explanation table : for the use of families and practitioners

Author(s):
Smith, Joseph, practical physician
Publication:
Rochester, N.Y. : Printed for the author by Marshall & Dean, 1829
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

15. 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 ... : 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 ..., and by booksellers in various parts of the United States, 1811
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics
Postnatal Care

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) ..., 1809
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics
Postnatal Care

17. Domestic medicine: or, A valuable treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines : with an appendix, containing a new dispensatory : for the use of private practitioners : to which are added, observations on the diet of the common people : recommending a method of living less expensive, and more conducive to health, than the present

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Leominster [Mass.] : Printed by Adams & Wilder, for Isaiah Thomas, jun., sold by him in Worcester, and by Thomas & Whipple, in Newburyport, March, 1804
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

24. The family doctor: a counsellor in sickness, pain and distress, for childhood, manhood, and old age : containing in plain language, free from medical terms, the causes, symptoms, and cure of disease in every form : with important rules for preserving the health, and directions for the sick chamber, and the proper treatment of the sick : the whole drawn from extensive observation and practice

Author(s):
Taylor, Henry S.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Potter, 1863
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Medicine

25. 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

26. 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 : H. Mann, printer, 1813
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Diet

27. The house surgeon and physician: designed to assist heads of families, travellers, and sea-faring people, in discerning, distinguishing, and curing diseases : with concise directions for the preparation and use of a numerous collection of the best American remedies : together with many of the most approved, from the shop of the apothecary : all in plain English

Author(s):
Hand, William M.
Publication:
New-Haven : Printed by S. Converse, for Silas Andrus, Hartford, 1820
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

34. Manual of specific homoeopathy

Author(s):
Humphreys, F. (Frederick), 1816-1900
Publication:
[New York : Humphreys' Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., [c1869?]
Subject(s):
Homeopathy
Therapeutics

38. 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

40. Medical companion, treating according to the most successful practice, of the diseases to which man is subject: with a description of vegetable medicines, and the manner of preparing and using them : also, a description of roots and herbs : to which is added an essay on hygia, or the art of preserving health and prolonging life

Author(s):
Priest, Michael L.
Publication:
Exeter [N.H.] : Printed by J.C. Gerrish, 1838
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Materia Medica

41. The medical pocket book: containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body; including such as require surgical treatment: together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples : extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order

Author(s):
Elliot, John, 1747-1787
Publication:
Troy [N.Y.] : Printed by O. Penniman and Co. and sold by them at the Troy Bookstore, 1803
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Materia Medica
Medicine

42. The medical pocket companion, or, Domestic adviser: designed for both married and single : containing a brief description of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the most common and obstinate diseases which affect humanity : together with many valuable hints upon the preservation of health, and the proper management of infancy and childhood

Author(s):
Taylor, T. K.
Publication:
Boston : T. Taylor, 1858
Subject(s):
Therapeutics

45. A new and valuable book, entitled the Family companion: containing many hundred rare and useful receipts, on every branch of domestic economy : embracing cookery, the cure of diseases, the properties and use of the principal plants as medicine, housewifery, dying, coloring, cleaning, purifying, cementing, &c

Author(s):
Wells, J. R.
Publication:
Boston : Printed for the author, 1846
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Cooking
Housekeeping

47. The ready adviser and family guide: a new compilation of valuable recipes and guide to health with directions what to do in cases of emergency : comprising over one thousand valuable rules and recipes useful to every body, and divided into four parts with a full index for each part

Author(s):
Shinn, Isaac.
Publication:
Chicago : Church & Goodman, 1866
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Emergency Treatment
Cooking
Veterinary Medicine

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