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8. A compendium of domestic medicine, and health-adviser: containing a statement of the modes of curing the diseases to which man is liable, and directions in case of accidents on the road or at sea : with a full account of epidemic cholera, of dyspepsia, and of sick-headache, their causes, cure, and prevention : and a popular description of the human teeth, their formation, diseases, and treatment

Author(s):
McMurtrie, Henry, 1793-1865
Publication:
Philadelphia : Zell, 1871
Subject(s):
Medicine

9. The death of disease germs and the radical cure of consumption, catarrh, asthma and bronchitis, by the Dr. Louis Weigert "Perfection" Superheated Dry-Air Inhaler: indorsed by the most eminent living specialists in England, Germany, France and America : tested by the Surgeon-General in the U.S. Marine Hospitals

Author(s):
Dr. Louis Weigert Co., author.
Publication:
New York : Dr. Louis Weigert Co., [1890]
Subject(s):
Tuberculosis -- therapy
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Respiratory Tract Diseases -- therapy
Koch, Robert, 1843-1910.

15. Dr. Chase's recipes, or, Information for everybody: an invaluable collection of about eight hundred practical recipes, for merchants, grocers, saloon-keepers, physicians, druggists, tanners, shoe makers, harness makers, painters, jewelers, blacksmiths, tinners, gunsmiths, farriers, barbers, bakers, dyers, renovaters, farmers, and families generally : to which have been added a rational treatment of pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs, and other inflammatory diseases, and also for general female debility and irregularities : all arranged in their appropriate departments

Author(s):
Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885
Publication:
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Published by the author, 1865, [c1863]
Subject(s):
Medicine
Household Products

16. Dr. Chase's recipes, or, Information for everybody: an invaluable collection of about eight hundred practical recipes, for merchants, grocers, saloon-keepers, physicians, druggists, tanners, shoe makers, harness makers, painters, jewelers, blacksmiths, tinners, gunsmiths, farriers, barbers, bakers, dyers, renovaters, farmers, and families generally : to which have been added a rational treatment of pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs, and other inflammatory diseases, and also for general female debility and irregularities : all arranged in their appropriate departments

Author(s):
Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885, author
Publication:
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Published by the author, 1867
Subject(s):
Medicine
Household Products

17. Dr. Chase's recipes, or, information for everybody: an invaluable collection of about eight hundred practical recipes for merchants, grocers, saloon-keepers, physicians, druggists, tanners, shoe makers, harness makers, painters, jewelers, blacksmiths, tinners, gunsmiths, farriers, barbers, bakers, dyers, renovators, farmers, and families generally : to which have been added a rational treatment of pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs, and other inflammatory diseases, and also for general female debility and irregularities : all arranged in their appropriate departments

Author(s):
Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885, author
Publication:
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Published by R.A. Beal, 1870
Subject(s):
Cooking
Medicine
Household Products

18. Dr. Foote's hand-book of health-hints and ready recipes: comprising information of the utmost importance to everybody, concerning their daily habits of eating, drinking, sleeping, dressing, bathing, working, etc. : together with many useful suggestions on the management of various diseases, recipes for relief of common ailments, including some of the private formulae of Dr. Foote and other physicians of high repute, and directions for preparations of delicacies for invalids as pursued in the best hospitals in this country and Europe

Author(s):
Foote, Edward B. (Edward Bond), 1854-1912, author
Publication:
New York : Murray Hill Publishing Company, 1888
Subject(s):
Hygiene

23. An essay

Author(s):
Gregory, T. A., author
Publication:
New Albany, Ind. : New Albany Ledger Printing Establishment, 1872
Subject(s):
Oral Hygiene
Dentures

25. Every horse owners' cyclopedia the anatomy and physiology of the horse: general characteristics : the points of the horse, with directions how to choose him : the principles of breeding, and the best kind to breed from : the treatment of the brood mare and foal : raising and breaking the colt : stables and stable management : riding, driving, etc., etc. : diseases and how to cure them : the prinicipal medicines, and the doses in which they can be safely adminitered : accidents, fractures, and the operations necessary in each case : shoeing, etc

Author(s):
Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810-1888
Publication:
Philadelphia : Porter & Coats, 1875
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases
Horses

35. Handbook of popular medicine: embracing the anatomy and physiology of the human body, illustrations of home gymnastics, instructions for nursing the sick, the domestic treatment of the ordinary diseases and accidents of children and adults, plan for a family health record, etc. : with over 300 choice dietetic and remedial recipes : especially adapted for general and family instruction and reference

Author(s):
Napheys, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1876
Publication:
Philadelphia : H.C. Watts, 1878
Subject(s):
Medicine

39. Household hand-book of medicine

Author(s):
Truman, Henry S.
Publication:
Chicago : Spaulding, 1893
Subject(s):
Medicine

43. Hygiene & vital magnetism for the cure of disease: recommended by physicians, ministers, and public men everywhere where the book is known as the greatest scientific triumph of the nineteenth century, as being true guide to health & happiness : prepared expressly for families in language adapted to their understanding, revealing the science of art and the occult forces in nature, for the benefit of the human family : prepared in two divisions

Author(s):
Smith, D. J., Dr
Publication:
Brooklyn Village, Ohio : D.J. Smith, [c1892]
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Hygiene
Hypnosis

47. 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:
Utica : Jared Doolittle, 1851
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Plants, Medicinal

48. Key notes of health and a century of life: with simple, practical, and inexpensive methods of treating diseases of the heart, stomach, and kidneys and other chronic and nervous affections : the deadening influences of which usurp the best years of life, and too frequently cause sudden and premature death, giving the up-to-date methods of antidoting and curing the whiskey and tobacco habits, with many valuable formulae never before made public

Author(s):
Scott, Chas. Winfield (Charles Winfield), 1840-
Publication:
Boston, Mass. : C.W. Scott Jr. & Co., 1895
Subject(s):
Health Behavior
Drug Therapy
Longevity

52. Lessons in hygiene: an elementary text-book on the maintenance of health, with the rudiments of anatomy and physiology, and the treatment of emergent cases : comprising also lessons on the action of stimulants and sedatives on the brain and nervous system : adapted for common schools

Author(s):
Cutter, John C. (John Clarence), 1851- author
Publication:
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1885
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Physiological Phenomena

55. The magic wand and medical guide: the most wonderful and entertaining book every published ; full of strange, curious, and marvelous disclosures, and practical hints, of use in love, courtship, and marriage ; also sure methods of curing and preventing disease ; it contains wonderful and mysterious disclosures of the great secrets of ancient and modern days, new revelations in natural and celestial magic, alchemy, transmutation, etc

Author(s):
Eureka Medical Institute.
Publication:
New York : Eureka Medical Institute, 1881
Subject(s):
Medicine

56. The man wonderful in the house beautiful: an allegory teaching the principles of physiology and hygiene, and the effects of stimulants and narcotics : for home reading, also adapted as a reader for high schools and as a text-book for grammar, intermediate, and district schools

Author(s):
Allen, Chilion B. (Chilion Brown), author
Wood-Allen, Mary, 1841-1908, author
Publication:
New York : Fowler & Wells Co., [1883]
Subject(s):
Physiological Phenomena
Hygiene

60. The new medical world: a book for reference and consultation, containing a thorough description of disease, with the latest and best methods for its treatment : also popular and practical discussions on medical progress, health, marriage, maternity, the care of children, nursing of the sick, and many other topics of world-wide interest

Author(s):
Maryott, E. Edgar (Erastus Edgar), 1845-1904
Publication:
Springfield, Mass. : Hampden Pub. Co., 1897
Subject(s):
Medicine

62. Our family physician: a plain, practical, and reliable guide to the detection and treatment of all the diseases common to this country : designed for use by people who have not made the practice of medicine a study or business, and who are not supposed to be familiar with technical phrases and names, but want information stated in plain English : gives, separately, with every disease, the treatment prescribed by each of the "schools" and full and explicit directions for nursing the sick, preparation of food for the sick, etc

Author(s):
Stout, H. R. (Henry Rice), 1843-
Publication:
Peoria, Ill. : [Henderson and Smith], 1887
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

63. Our girls

Author(s):
Lewis, Dio, 1823-1886, author
Publication:
Boston : Eastern Book Company, 1881
Subject(s):
Women's Health
Clothing
Social Behavior

64. Physiology

Author(s):
Foster, M. (Michael), Sir, 1836-1907, author
Publication:
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1874
Subject(s):
Physiological Phenomena

70. The pocket doctor

Author(s):
Cooke, Nicholas Francis, 1829-1885
Publication:
Chicago, Ill. : Park City Pub. House, 1886
Subject(s):
Homeopathy

71. The poison of serpents

Author(s):
Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914
Publication:
New York : The Century Co., 1889
Subject(s):
Snake Venoms

84. The seaman's medical director: designed for the use of fishing and merchant vessels, families and plantations : containing the symptoms and treatment of diseases with a list of medicines, their applications and the manner of using all the preparations and instruments found in a medicine chest when a physician cannot be obtained : adapted with selections from standard works, specially for the use of fishermen

Author(s):
Graves, Frank, active 1867, author
Publication:
Marblehead, Mass. : Published by Frank Graves, 1867
Subject(s):
Naval Medicine
Medicine Chests
Therapeutics

95. The vessel-master's and steamboat-captain's medical manual and family medical guide: being a series of short and plain directions for the treatment of diseases, and the administration of medicines on board vessels which carry no surgeons : also for the use of the family at home, the whole stripped of professional terms, and adapted to the comprehension of every intelligent vessel-master, and all who are familiar with the English language

Author(s):
Melville, Francis C., author
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the publisher, 1883
Subject(s):
Naval Medicine

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