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2. To the Senate and House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: the memorial of the managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital, respectfully sheweth, that, in the beginning of the year 1751, a plan was presented to the Assembly, for a public hospital, for the benevolent purpose of receiving and accommodating the lunatics and sick poor of Pennsylvania

Author(s):
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication:
[Philadelphia : s.n., 1797]
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Public -- legislation & jurisprudence
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

5. State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, in General Assembly, May second session, A.D. 1778, Resolved, that the act permitting inoculation within this state, and all acts made in addition to and amendment thereof, be and they are hereby suspended until the first day of October next

Author(s):
Rhode Island. General Assembly.
Publication:
[Providence : s.n, 1778]
Subject(s):
Smallpox -- prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks -- legislation & jurisprudence
Rhode Island -- epidemiology

7. General Wolfe's instructions to young officers: also his orders for a battalion and an army ; together with the orders and signals used in embarking and debarking an army, by flat-bottom'd boats, &c. and a placart to the Canadians ; to which are prefixed, the duty of an adjutant, and quarter-master, &c

Author(s):
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Subject(s):
Military Personnel

14. Elements of physiology

Author(s):
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, MDCCXCV [1795]
Subject(s):
Physiology

15. A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia: with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States ; to which are added, accounts of the plague in London and Marseilles ; and a list of the dead, from August 1, to the middle of December, 1793

Author(s):
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by the author, January 16, 1794
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
Plague -- history
History, 17th Century
Mortality
Philadelphia -- epidemiology
London -- epidemiology
France -- epidemiology

22. Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery

Author(s):
Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802
Publication:
Printed at Northampton [Mass.] : By Wm. Butler, for Thomas & Andrews ; sold by them at their bookstore in Boston ; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany ; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, October, 1797
Subject(s):
Midwifery

24. A serious address, on the dangerous consequences of neglecting common coughs and colds, with ample directions for the prevention and cure of consumptions: to which are added, observations on the hooping cough and asthma

Author(s):
Hayes, Thomas, active 1783-1786
Publication:
[Boston] : From the press of Samuel Etheridge, no. 9, Newbury-Street ; for John West, no. 75, and Caleb Bingham, no. 4, Cornhill, Boston, 1796
Subject(s):
Common Cold
Whooping Cough
Asthma
Tuberculosis -- prevention & control

25. Every man his own physician: being a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies for every disease incident to the human body ; with plain instructions for their common use

Author(s):
Theobald, John, -1760
Publication:
[Boston] : London : printed for W. Griffin, in Catherine-Street ; Boston, New-England : printed for Cox and Berry, almost opposite the post-office, MDCCLXVII [1767]
Subject(s):
Medicine
Materia Medica

26. Minutes of the proceedings of the committee, appointed on the 14th September, 1793, by the citizens of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties and the District of Southwark, to attend to and alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted with the malignant fever, prevalent, in the city and its vicinity: with an appendix

Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by R. Aitken & Son, and sold by J. Crukshank ... and the other booksellers, MDCCXCIV [1794]
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
Philadelphia

31. The gentleman farrier's repository, of elegant and approved remedies for the diseases of horses: in two books ... ; with suitable remarks on the whole ; to which are now added ; observations on broken-winded horses, endeavouring to prove the seat of that malady not to be in the lungs

Author(s):
Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, MDCCLXXV [1775]
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases
Animal Husbandry
Horses

36. An inaugural dissertation on universal dropsy: submitted to the examination of the Revd. John Ewing, S.T.D. provost ; the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine : on the twelfth day of May, A.D. 1791

Author(s):
Perkins, Elijah, 1767-1806
Publication:
[Philadelphia] : Printed by Peter Stewart, no. 34, South Second-Street, MDCCXCI [1791]
Subject(s):
Edema

41. An inaugural thesis on jaundice: containing observations on the liver, and some of its diseases ; submitted to the examination of the Revd. John Ewing, S.T.P Provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania ; on the 6th day of June, 1799, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):
Norcom, James, 1778-1850
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by James Carey, for Mathew Carey, 118, Market-Street, [1799]
Subject(s):
Jaundice
Liver Diseases

43. Continuation of the account of the Pennsylvania Hospital: from the first of May 1754, to the fifth of May 1761 ; with an alphabetical list of the contributors, and of the legacies which have been bequeathed, for promotion and support thereof, from its first rise to that time

Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, MDCCLXI [1761]
Subject(s):
Hospitals
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

44. The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with the rules for regulating said society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead ; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects therof

Author(s):
Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Publication:
Boston : [s.n.], printed in the year 1788
Subject(s):
Charities -- legislation & jurisprudence
Resuscitation
Near Drowning
Massachusetts

47. An inaugural dissertation on the chemical and medical history of septon, azote, or nitrogene: and its combination with the matter of heat and the principle of acidity ; submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College in the state of New-York ; William Samuel Johnson, LL.D president : for the degree of Doctor of Physic ; on the third day of May, 1796

Author(s):
Saltonstall, Winthrop, 1775-1802
Publication:
New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, no. 99 Pearl-Street, 1796
Subject(s):
Chemistry
Disease
Nitrogen
Coloring Agents

48. An inaugural dissertation on gangrene and mortification: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, 1797 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):
Huger, Francis Kinloch, 1773-1855
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Stephen C. Ustick, 1797
Subject(s):
Gangrene
Necrosis
Academic Dissertations

49. A dissertation on the puerperal fever: delivered at a public examination for the degree of bachelor of medicine, before the Reverend Joseph Willard, S.T.D. president, the medical professors, and the governors of the University at Cambridge, in America

Author(s):
Laterrière, Pierre de Sales, 1747-1815
Publication:
Boston : Printed by Samuel Hall, at no. 53, Cornhill, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Subject(s):
Puerperal Disorders

50. The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects therof

Author(s):
Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Publication:
Boston : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1788
Subject(s):
Charities -- legislation & jurisprudence
Resuscitation
Near Drowning
Massachusetts

52. Respected friend, as our correspondence with most of our friends, both at home and abroad, has been interrupted on our part, for nearly three months past, it is proper that we should account to them for so extraordinary a suspension, and give some account of our late and present situation

Author(s):
Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834
Publication:
[Philadelphia : s.n., 1793]
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
Philadelphia

53. The Edinburgh new dispensatory: with the additions of the most approved formulae, from the best foreign pharmacopoeias ; the whole interspersed with practical cautions and observations ; and enriched with the latest discoveries in natural history, chemistry, and medicine ; with new tables of elective attractions of antimonial and mercurial preparations, &c. ; and several copperplates of the most convenient furnaces, and principal pharmaceutical instruments ; being an improvement of the New dispensatory by Dr. Lewis

Author(s):
Lewis, William, 1708-1781
Publication:
Printed at Walpole, Newhampshire : By D. Carlisle, Jun. for Thomas & Andrews, in Boston, and said Thomas, in Worcester; sold by Thomas & Andrews, in Boston ; by said Thomas, in Worcester ; by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore ; and by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany, 1796
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Equipment and Supplies
Scotland
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794.

55. The acts of Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals: and an appendix, containing such acts and parts of acts, relating to property, as are expired, altered or repealed ; together with the royal, proprietary, city and borough charters ; and the original concessions of the Honourable William Penn to the first settlers of the province

Author(s):
Pennsylvania.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, in Market-Street, between Front and Second-Streets, MDCCLXXV [1775]
Subject(s):
Ownership
Pennsylvania

58. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, or, the London dispensatory: further adorned by the studies and collections of the fellows now living, of the said college

Author(s):
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654
Publication:
Boston : Printed by John Allen, for Nicholas Booone [sic], at the Sign of the Bible in Cornhill ; Daniel Henchman over-against the Brick Meeting-House ; and John Edwards, at the Sign of the Light-House, 1720
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Pharmaceutical Preparations
London

60. A second address to the citizens of Philadelphia, containing additional proofs of the domestic origin of the malignant bilious, or yellow fever: to which are added, observations, intended to shew that a belief in that opinion, is calculated to lessen the mortality of the disease, and to prevent its recurrence

Author(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1799
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Philadelphia

62. An inaugural dissertation on worms of the human intestines: submitted to the examination of the Rev. William Linn, D.D. P.T. president ; and to the trustees and faculty of Queen's College, New-Jersey ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, with the rights and immunities thereunto appertaining

Author(s):
Van Solingen, Henry M.
Publication:
New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, no. 27, William-Street, 1792
Subject(s):
Intestines -- parasitology
Taenia

66. An inaugural dissertation on the use of the nitric and oxigenated muriatic acids, in some diseases: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-second day of May, 1798 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):
Prioleau, Philip Gendron, -1844
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by John Bioren, MDCCXCVIII [1798]
Subject(s):
Nitric Acid -- therapeutic use
Hydrochloric Acid -- therapeutic use
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- therapy

68. Arbustrum Americanum: the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties ; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy

Author(s):
Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Subject(s):
Trees -- classification
Phytotherapy
United States

70. An inaugural dissertation on the puerperal fever: submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York ; William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president : for the degree of Doctor of Physic ; on the fifth day of May, 1795

Author(s):
Wetmore, Timothy Fletcher, 1764-1799
Publication:
New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, 1795
Subject(s):
Puerperal Disorders

81. The New-England farrier, or, A compendium of earriery [sic], in four parts: wherein most of the diseases to which horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine are incident, are treated of ; with medical and surgical observations thereon ; the remedies, in general, are such as are easily procured, safely applied, and happily successful ; being the result of many years experience ; and first production of the kind in New-England ; intended for the use of private gentlemen and farmers

Author(s):
Jewett, Paul.
Publication:
Newburyport [Mass.] : Printed by William Barrett, at his printing-office Merrimack-Street, MDCCXCV [1795]
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases
Animal Husbandry

82. Plain concise practical remarks, on the treatment of wounds and fractures: to which is added, an appendix, on camp and military hospitals ; principally designed, for the use of young military and naval surgeons, in North-America

Author(s):
Jones, John, 1729-1791
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed, and sold, by Robert Bell, in Third Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Subject(s):
Wounds and Injuries
Military Medicine
Hospitals, Military

83. An almanack for the year of our Lord 1701: calculated for and fitted to the meridian of Boston in New-England, where the North Pole is elevated 42 gr. 30 min. ; but may indifferently serve any part of New-England

Author(s):
Tulley, John, 1638-1701
Publication:
Boston : Printed by B. Green, & J. Allen sold at the printing-house at the south end of the town, 1701 [i.e., 1700?]
Subject(s):
Forecasting
Bloodletting
New England

84. The art of preserving health: a poem

Author(s):
Armstrong, John, 1709-1779
Publication:
[Boston] : London : printed ; Boston ; New-England, re-printed and sold by Green & Russell, MDCCLVII [1757]
Subject(s):
Health Promotion

85. An inaugural dissertation on the influenza: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, in order to obtain the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the eighth day of May A.D. 1793

Author(s):
Johnston, Robert, 1750-1808
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Johnston & Justice, at Franklin's Head, no. 41, Chesnut-Street, MDCCXCIII [1793]
Subject(s):
Influenza, Human

86. An inaugural dissertation on pneumonia, or pulmonary state of fever: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania ; on the 17th May 1796 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):
Jones, Edward, of South-Carolina
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Ormrod & Conrad, Franklin's Head, 41, Chesnut-Street, 1796
Subject(s):
Pneumonia

88. An inaugural dissertation, to disprove the existence of muscular fibres in the vessels: submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College in the state of New-York : William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president ; for the degree of Doctor of Physic ; on the thirtieth day of April, 1793

Author(s):
Post, Jotham, 1771-1817
Publication:
New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, 1793
Subject(s):
Blood Circulation
Blood Vessels
Cardiovascular System

90. An essay on the medicinal properties and deleterious qualities of arsenic: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the seventeenth day of May, 1796, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):
Potter, Nathaniel, 1770-1843
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by William W. Woodward, no. 17, Chesnut-Street, 1796
Subject(s):
Arsenic

91. An inaugural dissertation on the operation of pestilential fluids upon the large intestines, termed by nosologists dysentery: submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president, for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the 3d of May, 1797

Author(s):
Bay, William, 1773-1865
Publication:
New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords ..., 1797
Subject(s):
Dysentery

94. A treatise on the theory and management of ulcers: with a dissertation on white swellings of the joints: to which is prefixed, an essay on the chirurgical treatment of inflammation and its consequences

Author(s):
Bell, Benjamin, 1749-1806
Publication:
Printed at Boston : By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews ; sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore ; by said Thomas, in Worcester ; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, in Albany ; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, in Baltimore, June, 1797
Subject(s):
Ulcer
Joint Diseases
Inflammation

97. An inaugural dissertation on the cynanche trachealis: submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College in the state of New-York : William Samuel Johnson, LL. D. president ; for the degree of Doctor of Physic ; on the thirtieth day of April, 1793

Author(s):
Borrowe, Samuel, 1766?-1828
Publication:
New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1793
Subject(s):
Croup

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