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3. 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

4. The American botanic medical family instructor: founded upon the theory and practice of vegetable medicines, with remarks on the different practices of medicine, and natural laws : anatomy and physiology, and the preservation of health, a description of medical plants, and the art of compounding medicines, and a general treatment of diseases, compiled from various sources, particularly designed for family use

5. 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

6. The medical companion: treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board. II. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. III. The complaints peculiar to women and children. With a dispensatory and glossary. To which are added, a brief anatomy of the human body; an essay on hygeine [sic] or the art of preserving health and prolonging life; an American materia medica, instructing country gentlemen in the very important knowledge of the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants; also, a concise and impartial history of the capture of Washington, and the diseases which sprung from that most deplorable disaster