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45. 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

46. Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend in the hours of affliction, pain and sickness: this book points out, in plain language, free from doctors' terms, the diseases of men, women, and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure, and is intended expressly for the benefit of families : it also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and herbs of the United States and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases : arranged on a new and simple plan, by whch the practice of medicine is reduced to principles of common sense

Author(s):
Gunn, John C.
Publication:
Louisville : Mygatt, [1840]
Subject(s):
Medicine

47. Modern domestic medicine: being a treatise divested of professional terms on the nature, causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of men, women, and children, in both cold and warm climates : with appropriate prescriptions in English : the whole preceded by practical rules for the preservation of health, the best means for invigorating the human body and prolonging life, and the mode of preventing the extension of infectious disorders, as also of annihilating contagion

Author(s):
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835
Publication:
New York : Collins, 1829
Subject(s):
Medicine

48. A treatise on domestic medicine: pointing out, in plain language, and as free from professional terms as possible, the nature, symptoms, causes, probable terminations, and treatment of all diseases incident to men, women, and children, in both cold and warm climates : as also, appropriate prescriptions in English, and the doses of medicine which are suitable to different ages : including likewise effectual means for preventing the extension of all infectious diseases, and annihilating the power of every kind of contagion, and rules for enabling Europeans who visit a warm climate to escape the yellow fever, and long enjoy a good state of health

Author(s):
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835
Publication:
New York : Collins, 1822
Subject(s):
Medicine

49. Family medical adviser: giving such information on the practice of physic and the diseases of women and children as may prove useful in families when regular physicians cannot readily be procured : selected, arranged, and compiled from the best medical authors, together with his own observations in the treatment of diseases, generally : to which is annexed anatomy, surgery, materia medica, and many valuable prescriptions, being a useful guide for intelligent heads of families, overseers of plantations and manufactories, masters of vessels, and travelers

Author(s):
Boyd, J.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1845
Subject(s):
Medicine

50. 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

51. 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

52. Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend: describing, in plain language, the diseases of men, women, and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure, designed especially for the use of families : it also contains descriptions of the medical roots and herbs of the United States, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases : arranged on a new and simple plan, by which the practice of medicine is reduced to principles of common sense

Author(s):
Gunn, John C.
Publication:
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Edwards & Newman, 1839
Subject(s):
Medicine

55. The dogmaticus, or, Family physician: founded on reason and experience : containing 1st. A brief anatomical description of the human body : 2nd. A treatment on the symptoms and cure of diseases : 3rd. The names and qualities of medical plants, and other medicines made use of in the healing art : 4th. Directions for preparing and compounding medicines, and their particular use : arranged and divided into sections and classes : together with directions for preserving health, and an explanation table : for the use of families and practitioners

Author(s):
Smith, Joseph, practical physician
Publication:
Rochester, N.Y. : Printed for the author by Marshall & Dean, 1829
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

57. The treasure of health, or A wonderful collection of the most valuable secrets in medicine: for the cure of all diseases, wounds, and other accidents to which the human body is subject, with the method of preparing, and instructions for using, the necessary remedies ; also, the best preservatives against the plague, pestilential fevers, small pox, and other kinds of contagious diseases ; discovered, after much research and experience, by the mos[t] skilful [sic] physicians in Europe, and employed with the greatest success, and unknown till the present time in the United States ; carefully collected by a benevolent society in Europe

Author(s):
Merlin, Lewis.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the Society, 1819
Subject(s):
Medicine

58. Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend, in the hours of affliction, pain and sickness: this book points out, in plain language free from doctor's terms, the diseases of men, women and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure,and is expressly written for the benefit of families, in the western and southern states : it also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and herbs of the western and southern country, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases, arranged on a new and simple plan, by which the practice of medicine is reduced to principles of common sense

Author(s):
Gunn, John C.
Publication:
Madisonville [Tenn.] : Johnston & Edwards, Publishers, 1836
Subject(s):
Medicine

59. The domestic encyclopaedia, or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V]

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street ; Robert Carr, printer, 1803
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

60. The domestic encyclopaedia, or, A dictionary of facts, and useful knowledge: comprehending a concise view of the latest discoveries, inventions, and improvements ; chiefly applicable to rural and domestic economy ; together with descriptions of the most interesting objects of nature and art ; the history of men and animals, in a state of health or disease ; and practical hints respecting the arts and manufactures, both familiar and commercial ; illustrated with numerous engravings and cuts ; in five volumes ; volume I[-V]

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, no. 17, South Second-Street ; Robert Carr, printer, 1804
Subject(s):
Technology
Housekeeping
Medicine

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