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3. The Abernethian code of health & longevity, or, Every one's health in his own keeping: by the proper regulation of the stomach and bowels, in order to the attaining and securing those invaluable blessings : founded on the principles and practice of John Abernethy, Esq., F.R.S. : containing full rules for the application of this system, by suitable regimen, diet, and exercise : with an introductory view of the living functions of the animal economy, showing their mutual relation to each other, and how they severally depend on that part of the machine that influences and regulates the whole : concluding with some remarkable instances of longevity and its comparative estimate in different classes of society

Publication:
New York : Minuse, 1831
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Dyspepsia -- prevention & control
Longevity

4. Abernethy's family physician, or, Ready prescriber in cases of illness and accident: where medical attendance is not desired or cannot be procured : containing the causes, symptoms and treatment of diseases, the proper remedies in burns, contusions, poisoning, and all varieties of physical casualties : forming a complete guide to the retention and recovery of health

Author(s):
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831
Publication:
New York : Stringer & Townsend, 1849
Subject(s):
Medicine

19. Account of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason, near Frankford, Pennsylvania: with the statistics of the institution from its foundation to the 31st 12th month, 1838

Author(s):
Evans, Charles, 1802-1879, author
Publication:
Philadelphia : T.K. & P.G. Collins, printers, 1839
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Pennsylvania
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.

20. An account of the Benevolent Institution: with a list of the governors annexed

Author(s):
Benevolent Institution for the Sole Purpose of Delivering Poor Married Women at Their Own Habitations (London, England), author.
Publication:
[London] : [Smeeton, printer ...], [1800]
Subject(s):
Charities -- organization & administration
Midwifery -- organization & administration
Home Childbirth
Benevolent Institution for the Sole Purpose of Delivering Poor Married Women at Their Own Habitations (London, England)

28. An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England: who has for more than three years, lived entirely without food ; giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it

Publication:
Printed at Springfield, Massachusetts : By Thomas Dickman, 1811
Subject(s):
Fasting
Ulcer
Stomach
Moore, Ann, 1761-1825.

29. An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire: who has, for more than two years, lived entirely without food : giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it : also other similar cases of abstinence, etc

Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Joseph Sharpless ..., 1810
Subject(s):
Fasting
Moore, Ann (Pegg)

30. An account of the imprisonment and sufferings of Robert Fuller, of Cambridge: who while peaceably and quietly and rationally in possession of his own house, was seized and detained in the M'Lean Asylum for the Insane, at Charlestown, Mass. 65 days, from June 24th, to August 28th, 1832, together with some remarks on that institution

Author(s):
Fuller, Robert, 1795?-
Publication:
Boston : [s.n.], 1833
Subject(s):
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Massachusetts
Fuller, Robert, 1795?-

32. An account of the malignant fever, which prevailed in the city of New-York, during the autumn of 1805: Containing, 1. The proceedings of the Board of Health ... : 2. The rise, progress, and decline of the late epidemic : 3. An account of the Marine and Bellevue Hospitals ... : 4. Record of deaths, &c. &c. : 5. Opinion of several eminent physicians, respecting the cause of malignant fever ... : 6. The situation of the convicts in the state-prison ... : 7. Desultory observations andreflections. : 8. The various modes of cure

Author(s):
Hardie, James, 1758-1826
Publication:
New-York : Printed by Southwick & Hardcastle ..., 1805
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
New York City
New York (N.Y.). Board of Health.

36. Account of the present state of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason

Author(s):
Contributors to the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by W. Brown ..., 1816
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- economics
Hospitals, Religious -- economics
Charities
Fund Raising
Philadelphia
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.
Contributors to the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason

38. Account of the rise and progress of the asylum, proposed to be established, near Philadelphia: for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason : with an abridged account of the Retreat, a similar institution near York, in England

Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Kimber and Conrad ..., 1814
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Hospitals, Religious
Fund Raising
Hospital Design and Construction
Institutionalization -- methods
Protestantism
England
Philadelphia
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.
York Retreat.

42. An account of the yellow fever, which occurred in the city of New-York, in the year 1822: to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the different pestilential diseases with which this city was afflicted, in the years 1798, 1799, 1803 & 1805 : with the opinion of several of our most eminent physicians respecting the origin of the disease, its prevention and cure : to which is added a correct list of all the deaths by yellow fever during the late season, taken from official documents

Author(s):
Hardie, James, 1758-1826
Publication:
New-York : Printed by Samuel Marks, 1822
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever -- epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
New York City -- epidemiology

45. An accurate list of persons who have died of the malignant fever in this city: including those at Bellevue, &c. from July 29, to October 29, with the date of their deaths, also of the different places where the deaths occurred, and the number that died in each street

Author(s):
New York (N.Y.). Committee of Health.
Publication:
[New York] : Printed by L. Jones, no. 55, Pine Street, [1803]
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
New York City -- epidemiology

47. Act for establishing a health office, and to secure the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential & contagious diseases, and for other purposes: passed January 29, 1818 : with its supplements, passed from 1821 to 1832

Author(s):
Pennsylvania, author.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 1832
Subject(s):
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control
Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
Pennsylvania