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201. 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

205. 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

209. 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

210. The nurse, a poem

Author(s):
Tansillo, Luigi, 1510-1568
Publication:
[New York] : London, printed, New-York : re-printed for William Cobbett, by John Furman, 1800
Subject(s):
Nurses
Poetry as Topic

212. Continuation of the confidential communication, intended for the general benefit of the afflicted: and especially for the service of those of them who apply to the enemy of human diseases : being informed thereby of the cause that has compelled the new condition of their admittance : to which is prefixed, various information, and also, the result of the experience acquired on one's frame, concerning the fatal consequences of being exposed to breathe the unsalubrious air of diseased human beings : and in general, the contagious danger of their common intercourse, and the baleful one of the distemper's destructive influence

Author(s):
Sylvan.
Publication:
Providence : Printed for the author, 1815
Subject(s):
Disease -- etiology
Diet

218. The farmer's materia medica: containing a list of the most useful medicinal vegetables indigenous to the United States, with their qualities : with an appendix, containing some observations on fevers, and symptoms of various diseases, together with many other remarks and observations

Author(s):
Merwin, John C.
Publication:
Watertown [N.Y.] : Printed by W. Woodward, 1825
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy
Materia Medica
Plants, Medicinal
United States

221. Der verborgene Arzt, oder Nützliche Hausfreund: ein neues System de Arzeney-Kunst : haupstsächlich auf Kräuter gegründet : enthaltend : 1stens : -- eine kurze Beschreibung des menschlichen Körpers ; zweytens -- eine Abhandlung von den Entstehungsarten und Kenntzeichen der im menschlichen Leben vorkom̄enden Krankheiten, mit einer unfehlbaren Heilung für alle ; nebst einer Anweisung und Heilmittel für Beinbruch und äusserliche Beschädigungen ; drittens -- eine Beschreibung der vornehmsten Kräuter, deren Eigenschaften, Ortsbeschaffenheit, Art und Weise dieselben zum Gebrauch zu zubereiten

Author(s):
Zellers, H. A.
Publication:
Neu-Berlin, Penn. : Gedruckt und zu haben bey Joseph Miller, 1830
Subject(s):
Plants, Medicinal
Phytotherapy
Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.

223. 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

226. The American medical guide for the use of families: in two parts : part 1st ; a materia medica ; being a treaties [i.e., treatise] on all the most useful articles used as medicine, including those which are the produce of our own country : part 2d therapeutics, or, the art of curing the various diseases of the human body : to which is added a short description of the constituent parts of the human body

Author(s):
Ruble, Thomas W. (Thomas White), 1765-
Publication:
Richmond, (Ky.) : Printed by E. Harris, for the author, 1810
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Materia Medica

227. Aristotle's master-piece, or, The secrets of nature displayed in the generation of man: complete in three parts : 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 : the whole being more correst than any thing of the kind hitherto published

Publication:
Worcester [Mass.] : Printed by Daniel Greenleaf, 1801
Subject(s):
Sexual Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities
Midwifery
Reproduction

229. The practical horse farrier, or, The traveller's pocket companion: shewing the best method to preserve the horse in health, and, likewise, the cure of the most prominent diseases to which this noble animal is subject, in the United States of America : the whole being the result of nearly forty years' experience, with an extensive practice

Author(s):
Carver, William, approximately 1754-1840
Publication:
Norristown, Pa. : Published by David Sower, Jun., 1818
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases

232. Kurzgefasstes Weiber-Büchlein: welches sehr nützlichen Unterricht für schwangere Weiber und Hebammen, enthält ; wie auch die auserlesendsten Arzney-Mittel für aller Arten Krankheiten beyderley Geschlechts : ferner, eine Anweisung zur Färbe-Kunst, blau, roth, &c. &c. zu färben

Publication:
[Reading] : Gedruckt [bey Gottlob Jungmann und Carl Andreas Bruckmann], im Jahr 1802
Subject(s):
Gynecology
Midwifery
Sexual Behavior
Obstetrics
Medicine

237. 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

239. Man-midwifery exposed and corrected: or the employment of men to attend women in childbirth, and in other delicate circumstances, shown to be a modern innovation, unnecessary, unnatural, and injurious to the physical welfare of the community ... : together with remarks on the use and abuse of ether, and Dr. Channing's "Cases of inhalation of ether in labor"

Author(s):
Gregory, Samuel, 1813-1872
Publication:
Boston : G. Gregory, 1848
Subject(s):
Midwifery

241. The art of preserving health

Author(s):
Armstrong, John, 1709-1779
Publication:
Walpole, N.H. : Printed for Thomas & Thomas, by Cheever Felch, 1808
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Health

244. A confidential communication of the enemy of human diseases: for the service of the afflicted applying to him : for whom alone is intended this supplementary reflection concerning the cause of human miseries, and the prevalent infirmities of their minds and bodies : to which is prefixed various vindications and detections

Author(s):
Sylvan.
Publication:
[Boston?] : Printed for the author, 1815
Subject(s):
Disease -- etiology
Diet

245. A compendium of practical and experimental farriery: originally suggested by reason and confirmed by practice, equally adapted for the convenience of the gentleman, the farmer, the groom, and the smith, interspersed with such remarks, and elucidated with such cases, as evidently tend to insurethe prevention, as well as to ascertain the cure of disease

Author(s):
Taplin, William, 1740?-1807
Publication:
Richmond : Printed by H. Pace, 1803
Subject(s):
Veterinary Medicine
Horse Diseases

248. 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

249. 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

250. 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

253. 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:
Columbus [Ohio] : Printed and published by Horton Howard, 1827
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy

254. 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:
St. Clairsville [Ohio] : Published by Horton Howard ; Howard & Little, printers, 1829
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy
Materia Medica

255. Select poems, &c

Author(s):
Worgan, John Dawes, 1791-1809
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Kimber & Richardson ... ; Merritt, printer ..., 1813
Subject(s):
Smallpox -- therapy
Smallpox Vaccine

257. The town and country friend and physician: or, An affectionate address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease on its first appearance : supposed to be delivered by a country physician to the circle of his friends and patients on his retiring from business : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, &c. Intended for the promotion of domestic happiness : in two parts

Author(s):
Parkinson, James, 1755-1824
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by James Humphreys ..., 1803
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Hygiene

258. 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

Author(s):
Clater, Francis, 1756-1823
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and published by Abm. Small ..., 1815
Subject(s):
Cattle Diseases
Sheep Diseases

259. The afflicted man's companion, or A directory for persons and families afflicted with sickness, or any other distress: with directions to the sick, both under and after affliction ; also, directions to the friends of the sick, and others who visit them ; and likewise to all, how to prepare both for sickness and death ; and how to be exercised at the time of dying ; to which is added, a collection of comfortable texts of Scripture, very suitable for dying believers ; the choice sayings of many eminent dying saints ; the author's last advice to his wife and children : and his dying words, written by himself, and found among his papers after his death

Author(s):
Willison, John, 1680-1750
Publication:
New-York : Published by Evert Duyckinck ; J. C. Totten, printer, 1806
Subject(s):
Religion and Medicine
Attitude to Death
Death
Christianity

261. Important information to the afflicted with rheumatism coughs and colds gout asthmas itch bruises head-ache corns worms chilblains or local pains frozen feet palsy nervous disorders humours on the face and skin rheumatic gout consumptions windy complaints inward weaknesses scurvy bilious disorders juvenile indiscretions and most disorders incident to human nature

Author(s):
Church, James, -1801
Publication:
[New York] : Printed for the author by G. and R. Waite, 1800
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Musculoskeletal Diseases -- therapy

265. Woman's medical guide: being a complete review of the peculiarities of the female constitution and the derangements to which it is subject, with a description of simple yet certain means for their cure : also, a treatise on the management and diseases of children, with a description of a number of valuable medicinal plants and compounds for domestic use, and a glossary

Author(s):
Hard, M. K. (Moses Knapp), 1818-1890
Publication:
Mt. Vernon [Ohio] : Printed by W.H. Cochran, 1848
Subject(s):
Genital Diseases, Female
Pediatrics

269. The home book of health and medicine: being a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases, and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including also an account of the nature and properties of remedies : the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition

Author(s):
Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853
Publication:
Philadelphia : Key and Biddle, 1834
Subject(s):
Medicine

271. Guide to sound teeth: or a popular treatise on the teeth, illustrating the whole judicious management of these organs from infancy to old age : in which the author will attempt to show that the teeth of all persons which are constitutionally well formed, and who enjoy good health may, by proper management and care, be preserved to the end of life

Author(s):
Spooner, Shearjashub, 1809-1859
Publication:
New-York : Wiley & Long, 1836
Subject(s):
Tooth Diseases
Oral Hygiene

273. A popular treatise on the teeth: containing a history of the dental art : with anatomical descriptions of the mouth and its appendages, and accounts of chemical and physiological experiments on the teeth : also a full and accurate account of the history of ether or lethean, for the prevention of pain, with directions for use : designed for the use of families, annd as a manual for the student and the practical dentist

Author(s):
Smith, Mayo G.
Publication:
Boston : Jewett, 1848
Subject(s):
Tooth Diseases
Dentistry, Operative

274. An epistle to a friend, on the means of preserving health, promoting happiness: and prolonging the life of man to its natural period : being a summary view of inconsiderate and useless habits that derange the system of nature, thereby causing premature old age and death : with some thoughts on the best means of preventing and overcoming disease

Author(s):
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Publication:
Philadelphia : From the press of the late R. Aitken, ... by Jane Aitken, 1803
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Longevity

275. Suggestions to parents and others on the physical and medical treatment of children: also diseases of females, together with a practical account of all the diseases to which the human body is liable, and more particularly of diseases of the spine, consumption of the lungs, dyspepsy and nervous affections

Author(s):
McNair, Alexander H.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by W.F. Geddes, 1838
Subject(s):
Medicine
Pediatrics
Genital Diseases, Female

276. 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:
[Springfield, Ohio] : Published by S. & J. Perry, and J. McReynolds ; Springfield, Ohio : John M. Gallagher, printer, 1836
Subject(s):
Medicine

279. The planter's and mariner's 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. &c. III. The complaints peculiar to women and children. To which are subjoined, a dispensatory, shewing how to prepare and administer family medicines, and a glossary, giving an explanation of technical terms

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Baltimore : Printed by P. Mauro ..., 1813
Subject(s):
Medicine
Pharmaceutical Preparations

284. The medical companion, or, Family physician: treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure, and means of prevention : common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. : the management and diseases of women and children : a dispensatory, for preparing family medicines, and a glossary explaining technical terms : to which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body showing, on rational principles, the cause and cure of diseases : an essay on hygieine [sic], or the art of preserving health without the aid of medicine : an American materia medica, pointing out the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants : also, the nurse's guide

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1847
Subject(s):
Medicine

286. The American herbal, or materia medica: wherein the virtues of the mineral, vegetable, and animal productions of North and South America are laid open, so far as they are known ; and their uses in the practice of physic and surgery exhibited ; comprehending an account of a large number of new medical discoveries and improvements, which are compiled from the best authorities

Author(s):
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809
Publication:
Walpole [N.H.] Printed by David Carlisle, for Thomas & Thomas, and the author, 1801
Subject(s):
Plants, Medicinal
Medicine, Traditional
Materia Medica
North America
South America

288. Aristotle's master-piece, completed in two parts: the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof : treating the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches : signs of insufficiency in men or woman : 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 on virginity : 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 Flying Stationers, 1807
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Sexual Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities
Midwifery

289. Sailor's physician, exhibiting the symptoms, causes and treatment of diseases incident to seamen and passengers in merchant vessels: with directions for preserving their health in sickly climates ; intended to afford medical advice to such persons while at sea, where a physician cannot be consulted

Author(s):
Parsons, Usher, 1788-1868
Publication:
Cambridge [Mass.] : Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820
Subject(s):
Naval Medicine

291. Der lange verborgene Freund, oder, Getreuer und Christlicher Unterricht für jedermann: enthaltend wunderbare und probmässige Mittel und Künste, sowohl für die Menschen als das Vieh ; mit vielen Zeugen bewiesen in diesem Buch, und wovon das Mehrste noch wenig bekannt ist, und zum allersten Mal in America im Druck erschient

Author(s):
Hohman, Johann Georg.
Publication:
Reading [Pa.] : Gedruckt für den Verfasser, 1820
Subject(s):
Medicine

293. The American farrier : adapted for the convenience of the farmer, gentleman, and smith: being a sure guide to prevent and cure all maladies and distempers that are incident to horses, of what kind soever : with a variety of other valuable things relating to them : and also, for the diseases incident to cattle

Author(s):
Franklin, Augustus.
Publication:
Strasburg [Pa.] : Printed & sold by Brown & Bowman [copy-right secured], 1803
Subject(s):
Veterinary Medicine
Horse Diseases

297. The married lady's companion: or, Poor man's friend; in four parts : I. An address to the married lady, who is the mother of daughters : II. An address to the newly married lady : III. Some important hints to the midwife : IV. An essay on the management and common diseases of children

Author(s):
Jennings, Samuel K. (Samuel Kennedy), 1771-1854
Publication:
Richmond : Printed by T. Nicolson, [ca. 1808]
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Midwifery
Marriage
Child Care

300. The New-England farrier: being a compendium of farriery : in four parts : wherein most of the diseases to which horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine are subject, are treated of; with medical and surgical operations thereon : being the result of many years' experience : intended for the use of private gentlemen and farmers

Author(s):
Jewett, Paul.
Publication:
Salem [Mass.] : Printed by Joshua Cushing, sold by Henry Cushing, Providence, by Cushing and Appleton, Salem, and by Charles Metcalf, Bath, 1807
Subject(s):
Veterinary Medicine
Horse Diseases

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