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3. The family medical guide: a complete popular dictionary of medicine and hygiene : comprising all possible self-aids in the treatment of diseases, accidents, emergencies, etc., with articles on general physiology, on diet and food, on the different drugs, plants, and medical preparations used in general practice, definitions of technical terms used in medicine, recipes for the preparation of everything useful in the domestic treatment of disease, etc., etc., etc

Author(s):
Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874
Publication:
New York : Pelton, 1881
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

5. The household monitor of health

Author(s):
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943
Publication:
Battle Creek, Mich. : Good Health Pub. Co., 1891
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

7. A physician in the house for family and individual consultation: containing valuable articles on life and its preservation, the actions of the body in health and disease, the rules of hygiene and proper living, characteristics of food, etc. : also a complete cyclopaedia of diseases and their treatment by non-poisonous remedies with descriptions of medicinal agents and numerous formulas and special articles, written in plain language

Author(s):
Greer, Joseph H., 1851-1928
Publication:
Chicago : J.H. Greer, [c1897]
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

9. 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

Author(s):
Gunn, John C.
Publication:
Chicago : Wm. H. Moore & Co., 1885
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

11. Means of preserving health, and preventing diseases: founded principally on an attention to air and climate, drink, food, sleep, exercise, clothing, passions of the mind, and retentions and excretions : with an appendix, containing observations on bathing, cleanliness, ventilation, and medical electricity : and on the abuse of medicine ... : designed not merely for physicians, but for the information of others : to which is annexed, a glossary of the technical terms contained in the work

Author(s):
Ricketson, Shadrach, 1766-1839
Publication:
New-York : Printed by Collins, Perkins, and Co., sold by them, [and 10 others], 1806
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

12. 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

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, by Anderson & Meehan, 1816
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene
Materia Medica

13. American family physician: detailing important means of preserving health, from infancy to old age : the offices women should perform to each other at births, and the diseases peculiar to the sex, with those of children and of adults : with an appendix, containing hints respecting the treatment of domestic animals, and the best means of preserving fish and meat

Author(s):
Ewell, Thomas, 1785-1826
Publication:
Georgetown, D.C. : Thomas, 1824
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

14. American family physician: detailing important means of preserving health, from infancy to old age : the offices women should perform to each other at births, and the diseases peculiar to the sex, also those of children and adults : with an appendix containing hints respecting the treatment of domestic animals, and the best means of preserving fish and meat

Author(s):
Ewell, Thomas, 1785-1826
Publication:
Georgetown, D.C. : Thomas, 1826
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

15. Arnold's medical companion for young men: containing the laws of physiology and health, and a history of every disease : its cause, prevention, and cure : also, a special lecture on organic generation : its philosophy, singularities, and derangements : containing many strange and useful facts on the subject of procreation

Author(s):
Arnold, J. L. (John L.)
Publication:
Cincinnati : H.M. Rulison, 1856
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene
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16. The family physician : or, Domestic medical friend: containing plain and practical instructions for the prevention and cure of diseases, according to the newest improvements and discoveries : with a series of chapters on collateral subjects : comprising every thing relative to the theory and principles of the medical art, necessary to be known by the private practitioner : the whole adapted to the use of those heads of families who have not had a classical or medical education

Author(s):
Thomson, Alexander, M.D
Publication:
New-York : Printed by James Oram ..., 1802
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

17. 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 hygieine [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

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1817
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene
Materia Medica

18. The medical companion: treating, according to the most successful practice, 1. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board. 2. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, etc. 3. 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 hygieine [sic] or the art of preserving health and prolonging life ; and an American materia medica, instructing country gentlemen in the very important knowledge of the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1819
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

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