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1007. Homoeopathic domestic medicine

1010. A treatise of domestic medicine, intended for families: in which the treatment of common disorders are alphabetically enumerated ; to which is added, a practical system of domestic cookery, describing the best, most economical, and most wholesome methods of dressing victuals ; intended for the use of families who do not affect magnificence in their style of living

1012. Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing an dispensatory for the use of private practitioners : to which are added, observations on diet : recommending a method of living less expensive and more conducive to helath than the present

1016. Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners to which are added, observations on diet, recommending a method of living less expensive and more conductive to health than the present

1017. The house surgeon and physician: designed to assist heads of families, travellers, and sea-faring people, in discerning, distinguishing, and curing diseases : with concise directions for the preparation and use of a numerous collection of the best American remedies : together with many of the most approved, from the shop of the apothecary : all in plain English

1019. Consumption

1020. Every man his own cattle doctor, or, A practical treatise on the diseases of horned cattle: being a concise and familiar description of all the diseases incident to oxen, cows, and sheep : with the most simple and effectual method of curing each disorder, in all its various stages : and the most efficacious treatment of cows, before, at, and after the time of calving : and also of ewes during the lambing season

1025. The house-keepers' guide and Indian doctor: containing the very best directions for making all kinds of ice creams, preserves, jellies, perfumery, and essences, fancy and plain soaps, and an excellent system on the treatment of the hair : the best method of cleaning brass, marble, mahogany furniture, cutlery, carpets, &c. &c. : also, a complete system of genuine Indian doctoring, to which is added directions for letter writing under various circumstances : the book closes with the celebrated chemical washing recipe

1026. 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 prefixed, A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of the author

1029. Analysis of vinegar

1033. A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine: containing a compendium of the veterinary art ... the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing : with observations on stable management

1037. Illustrated memoir of an eventful expedition into Central America, resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya: in an unexplored region, and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, Maximo (the boy) and Bartola (the girl), descendants and specimen of the sacerdotal caste (now nearly extinct), of the acnient Aztec founders of the ruined temples of that country

1044. The botanic physician, or, Family medical adviser: being an improved system, found on correct physiological principles : comprising a brief view of anatomy, physiology, pathology, hygieine [sic], or art of preserving health : a materia medica, exclusively botanical, containing a description of more than two hundred and thiry of the most valuable vegetable remedies : to which is added a dispensatory, embracing more than two hundred recipes for preparing and administering medicine : the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cures, and means of prevention : likewise, a treatise on the diseases peculiar to women and children

1046. Have we the best possible ambulance system?: Reprinted from the Christian examiner, January 1864 : and published, for gratuitous distribution, by the committee of citizens who have in charge the sending of petitions to Congress for the establishment of a thorough and uniform ambulance system in the armies of the republic

1053. An improved system of domestic medicine: founded upon correct physiological principles : comprising a complete treatise on anatomy and physiology, the practice of medicine, with a copious materia medica, and an extensive treatise on midwifery, embellished with over one hundred useful engravings, gotten up expressly for family use

1055. The physiologist, or, Sexual physiology revealed: being mysteries and revelations in matters of great importance to the married and unmarried of both sexes, and useful hints to lovers, husbands, and wives : a complete guide to health, happiness, and personal beauty, containing such information as can be had by those only who have the advantage of a medical education : with practical remarks on manhood, with the causes of its premature decline, and modes of perfect restoration : economy and abuse of the generative organs, effects of excessive indulgence, love, courtship, and marriage, its proper season, directions for choosing a partner, mysteries of generation, causes and cure of barrenness, prevention of offspring, solitary practices, with their best mode of treatment, &c

1059. The family almanac and guide to health

1061. 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 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 southern and western 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

1062. Essay on health

1063. 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

1068. The ladies medical companion: containing, in a series of letters, an account of the latest improvements and most successful means of preserving their beauty and health ; of relieving the diseases peculiar to the sex, and an explanation of the offices they should perform to each other at births ; with engraved figures explanatory ; also, the best means of nursing, preventing and curing the diseases of children

1071. Popular medicine, or, Family adviser: consisting of outlines of anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : with such hints on the practice of physic, surgery, and the diseases of women and children as may prove useful in families when regular physicians cannot be procured : being a companion and guide for intelligent principals of manufactories, plantations, and boarding-schools, heads of families, masters of vessels, missionaries, or travellers, and a useful sketch for young men about commencing the study of medicine

1072. 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 use 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

1073. 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

1074. 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

1075. Plain discourses on the laws or properties of matter: containing the elements or principles of modern chemistry : with more particular details of those practical parts of the science most interesting to mankind, and connected with domestic affairs : addressed to all American promoters of useful knowledge

1076. Gunn's domestic medicine, or Poor man's friend. Shewing the diseases of men, women and children, and expressly intended for the benefit of families. Containing a description of the medicinal roots and herbs, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases. Arranged on a new and simple plan

1077. The house surgeon and physician: designed to assist heads of families, travellers, and sea-faring people, in discerning, distinguishing, and curing diseases : with concise directions for the preparation and use of a numerous collection of the best American remedies : together with many of the most approved, from the shop of the apothecary : all in plain English

1078. 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

1079. The mother's own book and practical guide to health: being a collection of necessary and useful information designed for females only : derived from various sources during a period of twenty years practice : with practical advice, uniting the benefits of the old and new school practice in the treatment of female weakness, &c. &c. &c

1080. 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

1081. 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

1086. 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

1089. The medical assistant: a large and valuable family work, containing in plain and simple language the nature and treatment of diseases : much of which has been taken from the most approved family works now in use, while the treatises on the diseases peculiar to this climate have been prepared expressly for this work : it also contains a materia medica, a dispensatory, nurse's guide and diet for sick : a glossary is attached to explain the medical terms used in the book

1092. The family physician, or Poor man's friend, and married lady's companion: containing a great variety of valuable medical recipes, designed to assist heads of families, travellers and sea-faring people, in curing diseases ; with concise directions for the preparation, and use of a numerous collection of vegetables made use of ; and directions for preparing and administering them to cure diseases ; together with many of the most approved from the shop of the apothecary ; all in plain English

1093. Madame Young's guide to health: her experience and practice for nearly forty years : a true family herbal, wherein is displayed the true properties and medical virtues of all the roots, herbs, &c, indigenous to the United States, and their combination in all the diseases the human body is heir to : also, an explanation of the human body, its liability to injuries through ignorance of its structure : dedicated excusively to her sex