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103. The poor man's friend: containing the infallible cure for the black tongue, with its causes and symptoms : also, the only remedy known to prevent the contagion from attacking those in charge of the patient : with the treatment for measles and scarlet fever, and a collection of fifty valuable remedies for various diseases

Author(s):
Richter, W. E.
Publication:
Hagerstown, Md. : Printed at the News Office, 1847
Subject(s):
Typhoid Fever -- therapy
Measles -- therapy
Scarlet Fever -- therapy

104. The book of private knowledge and advice: of the highest importance to individuals in the detection and cure of a "certain disease" (venereal), which if neglected or improperly treated, produces the most ruinous consequences to the human constitution : with particular, and all necessary directions, to a speedy and safe recovery

Author(s):
Cardwell, David P.
Publication:
New-York : [s.n.], 1833
Subject(s):
Gonorrhea
Syphilis

107. MacKenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts: constituting a complete practical library ... : a new American, from the latest London edition : with numerous and important additions generally : and the medical part carefully revised and adapted to the climate of the U. States : and also a new and most copious index

Author(s):
MacKenzie, Colin, 1775?-1827
Publication:
[Philadelphia] : Published by James Kay, Jun. and Brother, Philadelphia ... ; [Pittsburgh] : John I. Kay & Co., Pittsburgh, [1829]
Subject(s):
Agriculture
Cooking
Housekeeping
Pharmaceutical Preparations

109. What is homoeopathy?

Author(s):
Ehrmann, Benjamin.
Publication:
Chillicothe : Eli & Allen, 1848
Subject(s):
Homeopathy

114. 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

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Cincinnati : U.P. James, 1838
Subject(s):
Medicine
Materia Medica
Disease

116. 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

118. The lady's own book, or, Female safeguard: containing moral checks to population and a complete practical midwife : it also treats of generation, sterility, impotency, female complaints, the diseases of infants and children, a glossary or medical dictionary, a dispensatory of all the medicines recommended in this work, and many valuable recipes, purely upon reformed medical principles, written in a plain, yet chaste, style, and on moral principles for families and females

Author(s):
Brown, Z. J.
Publication:
Marshall [Michigan] : Statesman Office Print., 1847
Subject(s):
Midwifery
Reproduction
Phytotherapy

121. Domestic medicine: or, A valuable treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines : with an appendix, containing a new dispensatory : for the use of private practitioners : to which are added, observations on the diet of the common people : recommending a method of living less expensive, and more conducive to health, than the present

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Leominster [Mass.] : Printed by Adams & Wilder, for Isaiah Thomas, jun., sold by him in Worcester, and by Thomas & Whipple, in Newburyport, March, 1804
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

123. 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 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:
Louisville : Published by Charles Pool, 1838
Subject(s):
Medicine

125. Family receipts, or Practical guide for the husbandman and housewife: containing a great variety of valuable recipes, relating to agriculture, gardening, brewery, cookery, dairy, confectionary, diseases, farriery, ingrafting, and the various branches of rural and domestic economy. To which is added a plain, concise, method of keeping farmer's accounts, with forms of notes of hand, bills, receipts, &c. &c

Author(s):
Barnum, H. L.
Publication:
[Cincinnati, Ohio] : Published by A.B. Roff. Lincoln & Co. printers. Cincinnati, 1831
Subject(s):
Cooking
Agriculture

128. 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

Author(s):
Taylor, Jeremy.
Publication:
New London : Taylor & Miller, 1843
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Phytotherapy
Hygiene

135. The water cure in America: two hundred and twenty cases of various diseases treated with water, by Drs. Wesselhoeft, Shew, Bedortha, Shieferdecker, and others : with cases of domestic practice : notices of the water cure establishments : descriptive catalogue of hydropathic publications, etc. : designed for popular as well as professional reading

Author(s):
Phinney, H. F.
Publication:
New York & London : Wiley and Putnam, 1848
Subject(s):
Hydrotherapy
United States

137. Aristotle's complete master-piece: in two parts : displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man : regularly digested into chapters, rendering it far more useful and easy than any yet extant : to which is added, A treasure of health, or The family physician : being choice and approved remedies for all the several distempers incident to the human body : from a late London edition

Publication:
New-England : Printed for the booksellers, 1809
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Congenital Abnormalities

139. The family physician: comprising rules for the prevention and cure of diseases : calculated particularly for the inhabitants of the western country, and for those who navigate its waters : with a dispensatory and appendix : this work affords, in simple language, a concentration of all the practical matter which can be derived from the best authorities : with original remarks

Author(s):
Benezet, Anthony A.
Publication:
Cincinnati : Printed and published by W. Hill Woodward, [1826]
Subject(s):
Medicine

141. The surprising case of Rachel Baker, who prays and preaches in her sleep: with specimens of her extraordinary performances taken down accurately in short hand at the time ; and showing the unparalleled powers she possesses to pray, exhort, and answer questions, during her unconscious state : the whole authenticated by the most respectable testimony of living witnesses

Author(s):
Mais, Charles.
Publication:
New-York : Published by Whiting and Watson, 96 Broadway ; S. Marks, printer, 1814
Subject(s):
Sleep-Wake Transition Disorders
Religion
Baker, Rachel, 1794-

142. 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

Author(s):
Priest, Michael L.
Publication:
Exeter [N.H.] : Printed by J.C. Gerrish, 1838
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Materia Medica

143. The water cure in America: two hundred and twenty cases of various diseases treated with water by Wesselhoeft, Shew, Bedortha, Shieferdecker, and others : with cases of domestic practice, notices of the water cure establishments, decriptive catalogue of hydropathic publications, etc. : designed for popular as well as professional reading

Author(s):
Phinney, H. F.
Publication:
New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1848
Subject(s):
Hydrotherapy
United States

146. New guide to health, or, Botanic family physician: containing a complete system of practice upon a plan entirely new : with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease : to which is added a description of several cases of disease attended by the author, with the mode of treatment and cure

Author(s):
Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843
Publication:
Hallowell, U.C. : J. Wilson, 1833
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy

147. Domestic homoeopathy

Author(s):
Curie, Paul Francis, 1799-1853
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by J. Harding, 1839
Subject(s):
Homeopathy

148. The homoeopathic domestic physician

Author(s):
Hempel, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1811-1879
Publication:
New-York : Radde, 1846
Subject(s):
Homeopathy

152. A new and valuable book, entitled the Family companion: containing many hundred rare and useful receipts, on every branch of domestic economy : embracing cookery, the cure of diseases, the properties and use of the principal plants as medicine, housewifery, dying, coloring, cleaning, purifying, cementing, &c

Author(s):
Wells, J. R.
Publication:
Boston : Printed for the author, 1846
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Cooking
Housekeeping

161. 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

164. Lectures on diet and regimen: being a systematic inquiry into the most rational means of preserving health and prolonging life : together with physiological and chemical explanations, calculated chiefly for the use of families, in order to banish the prevailing abuses and prejudices in medicine

Author(s):
Willich, A. F. M. (Anthony Florian Madinger)
Publication:
Boston : Printed by Manning & Loring, for Joseph Nancrede, no. 49, Marlbro'-Street, 1800
Subject(s):
Health Promotion
Diet

165. A private treatise on venereal disease, in two parts: the first on gonorrhoea, vulgarly called clap, the second on venereal, properly so called : adapted to the use of every one, but more especially designed for those who are delicately circumstanced and require a private as well as a speedy cure

Author(s):
Ralph, Joseph (Joseph E.)
Publication:
New York : C.C. & E. Childs Jun., printers, [1840]
Subject(s):
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea -- therapy
Syphilis
Syphilis -- therapy

166. A private treatise on venereal disease, in two parts: the first on gonorrhea--vulgarly called clap, the second on venereal, properly so called : adapted to the use of every one, but more especially designed for those who are delicately circumstanced and require a private as well as a speedy cure

Author(s):
Ralph, Joseph (Joseph E.)
Publication:
[New York] : Casper C. Childs, printer, [1840]
Subject(s):
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea -- therapy
Syphilis
Syphilis -- therapy

168. New guide to health, or, Botanic family physician: containing a complete system of practice on a plan entirely new : with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease : to which is prefixed, A narrative of the life & medical discoveries of the author

Author(s):
Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843
Publication:
Boston : Printed for the author, J. Howe, printer, 1832
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy

169. Homoeopathic domestic medicine

Author(s):
Laurie, Joseph, -1865
Publication:
New York : William Radde, 1843
Subject(s):
Homeopathy

176. 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

177. 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

178. 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

180. 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

181. 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

182. 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

184. Aristotle's master-piece, completed: In two parts. The first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof. Treating of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches. Signs of insufficiency in men or women. Of the infusion of the soul. Of the likeness of children to parents. Of monstrous births. The cause and cure of the green sickness. A discourse of virginity. Directions and cautions for midwives. Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabric of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether a male or female, with a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The second part being A private looking glass for the female sex. Treating of various maladies of the womb, and of all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. : The whole being more correct than any thing of the kind hitherto published

Publication:
New-York : Printed for the Company of the Flying Stationer, 1817
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Obstetrics

186. 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

188. Aristotle's complete master-piece, in two parts: displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man ... To which is added, A treasure of health; or The family physician; being choice and approved remedies for all the several distempers incident to the human body

Publication:
New-England : Printed for the publishers, and sold by the principal booksellers in the U. States, 1820
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Sexual Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities
Midwifery

190. The Indian doctor's dispensatory: being Father Smith's advice respecting diseases and their cure : consisting of prescriptions for many complaints : and a description of medicines, simple and compound, showing their virtues and how to apply them : designed for the benefit of his children, his friends and the public, but more especially the citizens of the western parts of the United States of America

Author(s):
Smith, Peter, 1753-1816
Publication:
Cincinnati : Printed by Browne and Looker, for the author, 1813
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy

191. Formula of prescriptions, and various instructions: for the service and guidance of those who have applied, are applying, or shall apply, to the enemy to human diseases : to which is prefixed, a vindication, concerning the dietical abstinence, detecting the dangerous tendency of several articles forbidden as pernicious to the human body -- in which are included tobacco, salt and salted food, spirituous liquors, all sorts of spices, and coffee

Author(s):
Sylvan.
Publication:
Providence : H. Mann, printer, 1813
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Diet

192. The Works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher: In four parts. Containing I. His Complete master-piece; displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man. To which is added, the Family physician; being approved remedies for the several distempers incident to the human body. II. His Experienced midwife; absolutely necessary for surgeons, midwives, nurses and child bearing women. III. His Book of problems, containing various questions and answers, relative to the state of man's body. IV. His Last legacy; unfolding the secrets of nature respecting the generation of man

Publication:
New England : Printed for the proprietor, January - 1806
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Congenital Abnormalities
Midwifery
Sexual Behavior

196. A dissertation on the causes, preventives, and remedies of plague, yellow fever, cholera, dysentery, and other pestilential, epidemic, or contagious diseases: respectfully proposed to the consideration of the governments, magistrates, philanthropists, beneficent societies, boards of health, medical societies, physicians, and inhabitants of all nations and countries on the globe : containing outlines of a new, uniform, physiological system of medical science and practice. Predicated on the known laws of nature and chemical affinity

Author(s):
Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834
Publication:
Philadelphia : Sold by J. Grigg ... and booksellers generally, throughout the United States, printed by S. Probasco, 1832
Subject(s):
Communicable Diseases
Disease Outbreaks
Public Health

200. 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

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