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801. 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 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:

Wilmington [Del.] : Printed by Joseph Johnson, 1796

Subject(s):

Religion and Medicine
Attitude to Death
Christianity
Death

802. An inquiry into the causes of sterility in both sexes: with its method of cure

Author(s):

Walker, James, active 1797

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by E. Oswald, no. 179, South Second-Street, MDCCXCVII [1797]

Subject(s):

Infertility

803. An inaugural physiological dissertation on the catamenia: to which are subjoined, observations on amenorrhoea ; submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):

Wallace, James Westwood, 1768 or 1769-1838

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by T. Dobson, at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Subject(s):

Menstruation
Amenorrhea

804. An eulogy on the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esq: late president of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others, in North America ; the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; the Agricultural Society ; the Society for the Advice of Immigrants ; the Boston Chamber of Commerce ; and the National Bank in Boston ; who died at Boston, April 8, 1796 ; delivered, May 4, 1796, before the several societies to which he belonged

Author(s):

Warren, John, 1753-1815

Publication:

Boston : Printed by Benjamin Sweetser, corner of Wing's-Lane, MDCCXCVI [1796]

Subject(s):

Clergy
Russell, Thomas, 1740-1796.

805. An inaugural dissertation on the theory and practice of emetics: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, for a degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 8th day of May, 1793

Author(s):

Wilkins, Henry, 1767-1847

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Parry Hall, no 149, Chesnut Street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Subject(s):

Emetics

806. An eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late president of the American Philosphical Society: delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796 ; agreeably to appointment

Author(s):

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for J. Ormrod, no. 41, Chesnut-Street, by Ormrod & Conrad, [1797]

Subject(s):

Famous Persons
Philadelphia
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796.

807. A treatise on the dieases [sic] of children, with general directions for the management of infants from the birth

Author(s):

Underwood, Michael, 1736-1820

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by T. Dobson, no. 41, South Second-Street, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Subject(s):

Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Child
Child Care
Disease

808. A view of ehe [sic] science of life: on the principles established in The elements of medicine, of the late celebrated John Brown, M.D. ; with an attempt to correct some important errors of that work ; and cases in illustration, chiefly selected from the records of their practice, at the General Hospital, at Calcutta

Author(s):

Yates, William, active 1797

Publication:

Whitehall [Pa.] : Printed by William Young, bookseller no. 52, Second-Street, corner of Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia, 1797

Subject(s):

Medicine
Disease
Disease Outbreaks
Brown, John, 1735-1788.

809. Rules and articles, for the better government of the troops raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay by and at the joint expence of the twelve united English colonies of North America

Author(s):

United States. Continental Congress.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1775

Subject(s):

Military Personnel -- legislation & jurisprudence
American Revolution

810. The family adviser, or, A plain and modern practice of physic: calculated for the use of private families, and accommodated to the diseases of America

Author(s):

Wilkins, Henry, 1767-1847

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Parry Hall, no. 149. in Chesnut Street ; and sold by John Dickins, no. 182 ; Race Street, near Sixth Street, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Subject(s):

Medicine
Disease
Materia Medica

811. The family adviser, or, A plain and modern practice of physic: calculated for the use of families who have not the advantages of a physician, and accommodated to the diseases of America

Author(s):

Wilkins, Henry, 1767-1847

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Henry Tuckniss, no. 25, Church-Alley, and sold by John Dickins, no. 44, North Second Street, near Arch Street, 1795

Subject(s):

Medicine
Disease
Materia Medica

812. The idle-poor secluded from the bread of charity by the Christian law: a sermon preached in Boston, before the Society for Encouraging Industry, and Employing the Poor ; Aug. 12. 1752

Author(s):

Chauncy, Charles, 1705-1787

Publication:

Boston : Printed by Thomas Fleet, 1752

Subject(s):

Charities
Christianity
Unemployment
Boston
Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor.

813. The anatomy of the human body

Author(s):

Cheselden, William, 1688-1752

Publication:

Boston, Printed by Manning & Loring, for J. White [and 8 others], 1795

Subject(s):

Anatomy

814. A medical sketch of the Synochus maligna, or malignant contagious fever: as it lately appeared in the city of Philadelphia : to which is added, some account of the morbid appearances observed after death, on dissection

Author(s):

Cathrall, Isaac, 1764-1819

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by T. Dobson, 1794

Subject(s):

Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
Philadelphia -- epidemiology

815. A dissertation on the sources of malignant bilious, or yellow fever, and means of preventing it: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees & medical faculty, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the sixth day of June, 1799, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):

Chalwill, William G.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Way & Groff ..., 1799

Subject(s):

Yellow Fever -- prevention & control

816. Elements of chemistry

Author(s):

Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, 1756-1832

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Lang & Ustick, for selves, M. Carey [and 6 others], MDCCXCVI [1796]

Subject(s):

Chemistry

817. An eulogium to the memory of Dr. Samuel Cooper: delivered, by appointment, before the Philadelphia Medical Society, on the fourth day of March, 1799

Author(s):

Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Mathew Carey ..., 1799

Subject(s):

Physicians
Wills
Cooper, Samuel, 1772-1798.

818. An inaugural dissertation on the principle of animation: read and defended at a public examination, held by the medical professor, before the Hon. John Wheelock, L.L.D. president, and the governors of Dartmouth College, for the degree of Bachelor in Medicine, July 18, 1799

Author(s):

Adams, Daniel, 1773-1864

Publication:

Hanover, New-Hampshire : Printed by Moses Davis, 1799

Subject(s):

Medicine

819. An inaugural dissertation on the malignant fever: which prevailed in the city of New-York during the months of August, September, and October, in the year 1791 : submitted to the examination of the Rev. William Linn ..., 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):

Addoms, Jonas Smith, fl. 1792

Publication:

New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, no. 27, William-Street, 1792

Subject(s):

Disease Outbreaks
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
New York City

820. Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life: written in the years 1792 and 1793

Author(s):

Aikin, John, 1747-1822

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, Cherry-Street, MDCCXCIV [1794]

Subject(s):

Education

821. An essay on the malignant pestilential fever introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793 and 1794

Author(s):

Chisholm, Colin, 1755-1825

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for Thomas Dobson, 1799

Subject(s):

Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
South Carolina -- epidemiology
West Indies -- epidemiology

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

Author(s):

Church, John, 1774-1806

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by John Thompson, 1797

Subject(s):

Camphor -- therapeutic use

823. An inaugural essay on scurvy: 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 22d day of May, 1798, of the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):

Claiborne, John, -1808

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Stephen C. Ustick, 1798

Subject(s):

Scurvy

824. A semi-annual oration, on the origin of pestilential diseases: delivered before the Academy of Medicine of Philadelphia, on the 17th day of December, 1798

Author(s):

Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford ..., 1799

Subject(s):

Disease Outbreaks

825. 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

826. Anatomical tables of the human body

Author(s):

Cheselden, William, 1688-1752

Publication:

Boston : Printed by Manning and Loring, for David West, 1796

Subject(s):

Anatomy

827. An attempt to establish the original sameness of three phenomena of fever, (principally confined to infants and children): described by medical writers under the several names of hydrocephalus internus, cynanche trachealis, and diarrhea infantum

Author(s):

Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796

Subject(s):

Diarrhea, Infantile
Hydrocephalus
Croup

828. A treatise on the fevers of Jamaica: with some observations on the intermitting fever of America, and an appendix, containing some hints on the means of preserving the health of soldiers in hot climates

Author(s):

Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for Robert Campbell, bookseller, 1795

Subject(s):

Fever
Military Medicine
Jamaica -- epidemiology

829. An experimental inquiry into the properties of carbonic acid gas or fixed air: its mode of operation, use in diseases, and most effectual method of relieving animals affected by it ; being an inaugural thesis, 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):

Johnson, Joseph, 1776-1862

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for the author, by Stephen C. Ustick, 1797

Subject(s):

Carbon Dioxide

830. The effect of the nitrous vapour, in preventing and destroying contagion: ascertained, from a variety of trials, made chiefly by surgeons of His Majesty's Navy, in prisons, hospitals, and on board of ships : with an introduction respecting the nature of the contagion, which gives rise to the jail or hospital fever ; and the various methods formerly employed to prevent or destroy this

Author(s):

Smyth, James Carmichael, 1741-1821

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1799

Subject(s):

Nitrous Acid -- therapeutic use
Disease Outbreaks
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne -- prevention & control
Military Medicine

831. Constitution of the Academy of Medicine of Philadelphia

Author(s):

Academy of Medicine of Philadelphia.

Publication:

[Philadelphia : s.n., 1799]

Subject(s):

Societies, Medical
Constitution and Bylaws
Philadelphia
Academy of Medicine of Philadelphia.

832. Observations on Dr. Rush's Enquiry into the origin of the late epidemic fever in Philadelphia

Author(s):

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

Publication:

Philadelphia : From the press of the author, December 14, 1793

Subject(s):

Yellow Fever -- etiology
Disease Outbreaks
Philadelphia
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

833. An inaugural essay on the effects of cold upon the human body: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the medical professors and trustees, of the University of Pennsylvania, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 12th day of May, 1797

Author(s):

Stock, John Edmonds, 1774-1835

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Gales, between nos. 126 and 128, North Second Street, 1797

Subject(s):

Cryotherapy
Cold Temperature

834. Copies of original letters recently written by persons in Paris to Dr. Priestley in America: taken on board of a neutral vessel

Author(s):

Stone, John Hurford, 1763-1818

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed, from the second London edition, by James Humphreys, 1798

Subject(s):

History, 18th Century
Politics
France
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827.

835. 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 insure the prevention, as well as to ascertain the cure of disease

Author(s):

Taplin, William, 1740?-1807

Publication:

Wilmington [Del.] : Printed by Bonsal & Niles, for Robert Campbell, bookseller, Philadelphia, MDCCXCVII [1797]

Subject(s):

Animal Husbandry
Horse Diseases
Horses

836. Instruccion que puede servir para que se cure á los enfermos de las viruelas epidémicas: que ahora se padecen en México, desde fines del estio, en el año corriente de 1779

Author(s):

Bartolache, José Ignacio, 1739-1790

Publication:

[Mexico : Impresa à instancia y expensas de dicha N. Ciudad, y con aprobacion del Exmô, Señor Virrey, en Mexico, en la imprenta matritense de D. Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1779]

Subject(s):

Smallpox -- prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control
Mexico

837. A new nomenclature of chemistry: proposed by Messrs. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet and Fourcroy ; with additions and improvements

Author(s):

Spalding, Lyman, 1775-1821

Publication:

Hanover, (N.H.) : Printed by Moses Davis, MDCCXCIX [1799]

Subject(s):

Chemistry

838. Practical observations on venereal complaints

Author(s):

Swediaur, F. (Franz), 1748-1824

Publication:

New-York : Printed for Samuel Campbell, bookseller, no. 44, Hanover Square, MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]

Subject(s):

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

839. A memoir concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the rattle-snake, and other American serpents

Author(s):

Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed, for the author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796

Subject(s):

Snakes

840. An inaugural dissertation on the influenza: 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 sixth day of May, 1794

Author(s):

Irving, Peter, 1772-1838

Publication:

New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, no. 167, William-Street, 1794

Subject(s):

Influenza, Human

841. A medical discourse, or an historical inquiry into the ancient and present state of medicine: the substance of which was delivered at opening the Medical School in the city of New-York

Author(s):

Middleton, Peter, -1781

Publication:

New-York : Printed by Hugh Gaine, in Hanover-Square, MDCCLXIX [1769]

Subject(s):

History of Medicine

842. Histoire succincte de la fièvre maligne qui régné dernièrement a Philadelphie: suivi d'un récit des mesures prises dans différentes parties des Etats Unis, au sujet de cette maladie

Author(s):

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

Publication:

Philadelphie : Imprimé par Parent pour l'auteur, [1794]

Subject(s):

Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
Mortality
Philadelphia -- epidemiology

843. Studies of nature

Author(s):

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814

Publication:

Worcester [Mass.] : Printed for J. Nancrede, Marlborough Street, Boston, 1797

Subject(s):

Nature

844. A treatise of the materia medica

Author(s):

Cullen, William, 1710-1790

Publication:

[United States] : Edinburgh : printed ; re-printed for, and sold by, J. Crukshank and R. Campbell, Philadelphia, R. Hodge, S. Campbell, and T. Allen, New-York, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]

Subject(s):

Materia Medica

845. First lines of the practice of physic

Author(s):

Cullen, William, 1710-1790

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Parry Hall, MDCCXCII [1792]

Subject(s):

Medicine

846. First lines of the practice of physic, for the use of students, in the University of Edinburgh

Author(s):

Cullen, William, 1710-1790

Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Steiner and Cist, MDCCLXXXI[-MDCCLXXXV] [1781-1785]

Subject(s):

Medicine

847. First lines of the practice of physic

Author(s):

Cullen, William, 1710-1790

Publication:

New-York : Printed by Samuel Campbell, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Subject(s):

Medicine
Cullen, William, 1710-1790.

848. A treatise on the blood, inflammation, and gun-shot wounds

Author(s):

Hunter, John, 1728-1793

Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by Thomas Bradford, printer book-seller & stationer, no. 8, South Front-Street, 1796

Subject(s):

Wounds, Gunshot

849. An essay on the bilious, or yellow fever of Jamaica

Author(s):

Williams, John, -1750

Publication:

Kingston [Jamaica] : Printed, by William Daniell ..., 1750

Subject(s):

Yellow Fever
Jamaica

850. Evidences of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments

Author(s):

Perkins, Elisha, 1741-1799

Publication:

New-London [Conn.] : From S. Green's press, [1797]

Subject(s):

Equipment and Supplies