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Start Over Collections Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 ✖Remove constraint Collections: Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 Subjects Hygiene ✖Remove constraint Subjects: Hygiene Languages English ✖Remove constraint Languages: English Copyright Public domain ✖Remove constraint Copyright: Public domain Dates by Range 1800-1849 ✖Remove constraint Dates by Range: 1800-1849

1. The Abernethian code of health & longevity, or, Every one's health in his own keeping: by the proper regulation of the stomach and bowels, in order to the attaining and securing those invaluable blessings : founded on the principles and practice of John Abernethy, Esq., F.R.S. : containing full rules for the application of this system, by suitable regimen, diet, and exercise : with an introductory view of the living functions of the animal economy, showing their mutual relation to each other, and how they severally depend on that part of the machine that influences and regulates the whole : concluding with some remarkable instances of longevity and its comparative estimate in different classes of society

Publication:
New York : Minuse, 1831
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Dyspepsia -- prevention & control
Longevity

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. The American lady's medical pocket-book, and nursery-adviser: containing rules for preserving the health of unmarried females, directions to pregnant and lying-in women, and an account of their diseases : together with instructions for the rearing of children from the hour of their birth, and an account of the diseases of infancy

Publication:
Philadelphia : J. Kay, Jun. and Bro., [1833]
Subject(s):
Genital Diseases, Female
Menstruation Disturbances
Hygiene
Infant Care

7. The art of invigorating and prolonging life by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep, &c. and peptic precepts: pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels : to which is added, the pleasure of making a will

Author(s):
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827
Publication:
Philadelphia : H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1823
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Health Behavior
Digestive System Diseases -- prevention & control

8. The art of invigorating and prolonging life: by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep &c. and peptic precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels ; suaviter in modo, fortiter in re : to which is added, the pleasure of making a will ; finis coronat opus

Author(s):
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827
Publication:
Lexington, Ky. : Printed by W. W. Worsley, 1823
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Longevity
Health Behavior
Digestive System Diseases -- prevention & control

9. 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

10. The art of preserving health

Author(s):
Armstrong, John, 1709-1779
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for Benjamin Johnson ..., J. Johnson ..., & R. Johnson ..., 1804
Subject(s):
Health
Hygiene

13. The book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the ancients : in four parts : I. Shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets ... on the bodies of men, &c. II. Prognostications for ever necessary to keep the body in health; with several choice receipts in physic and surgery. III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmestry ... IV. The farmer's calendar

Author(s):
Erra Pater.
Publication:
New-York : Published by Evert Duyckinck ..., 1806
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Astrology
Physiognomy

14. The by-laws and orders of the town of Boston: passed at a legal town-meeting, May 22, 1801 : and duly approved by the Court of Sessions : together with the rules and regulations of the Board of Health : also, Sundry laws of the Commonwealth relating to town affairs

Author(s):
Boston (Mass.).
Publication:
Boston : Printed by Manning & Loring ..., 1801
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
Boston
Boston (Mass.). Health Department

20. A dissertation on the mutual influence of habits and disease: submitted as an inaugural thesis, to the examination of the Reverend John Andrews ..., the Trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the fifthe day of June, 1804 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Author(s):
Darlington, William, 1782-1863
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, by Joseph Rakestraw ..., 1804
Subject(s):
Behavior
Attitude to Health
Hygiene

25. 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

30. 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

Author(s):
Thomson, Alexander, M.D
Publication:
New-York : Printed by James Oram ..., 1802
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

33. Guide to health and long life, or, What to eat, drink, and avoid: what exercise to take how to control and regulate the passions and appetites, and on the general conduct of life, whereby health may be secured, and a happy and comfortable old age attained ... : to which is added, a popular exposition of Liebig's theory of life, health, and disease

Author(s):
Culverwell, Robert James, 1802-1852
Publication:
New York : Redfield, 1849
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Diet

35. A guide to health: or, Advice to both sexes, in nervous and consumptive complaints : with an essay on the scurvy, leprosy, and scrofula, also on a certain disease, seminal weakness, and a destructive habit of a private nature : to which is added, an address to parents, tutors, and guardians of youth, with observations on the use and abuse of cold bathing

Author(s):
Solomon, Samuel, -approximately 1818
Publication:
[Stockport] : Printed for the author, and sold by R. Bach ... New-York, and other booksellers, [1803?]
Subject(s):
Health
Hygiene
Pharmaceutical Preparations

38. Hygiene

Author(s):
Talcott, Alvan, 1804-1891, author
Publication:
[Hartford?] : [publisher not identified], [1849?]
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Health Behavior

39. Hygiene : an introductory lecture

Author(s):
Dickson, Samuel Henry, 1798-1872
Publication:
New York : Joseph H. Jennings, printer, 1848
Subject(s):
Hygiene

46. A manual on beauty and health: containing useful remarks on the proper treatment of the human system, so as to secure health and beauty : with several valuable miscellaneous receipts : to which is added Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his daughters, and A picture of the female character as it ought to appear when formed, by George Horne : the whole forming an excellent consulting companion

Author(s):
Horne, George.
Publication:
Providence : B.T. Albro, printer, 1848
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Beauty
Women's Health

48. 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

49. 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):
Hygiene
Medicine

50. Medical admonitions to families: respecting the preservation of health, and the treatment of the sick : also, a table of symptoms, serving to point out the degree of danger, and, to distinguish one disease from another : with Observations on the improper indulgence of children, &c

Author(s):
Parkinson, James, 1755-1824
Publication:
Portsmouth, New-Hampshire : Printed for Charles Peirce, by N. S. & W. Peirce, 1803
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Hygiene
Child Rearing

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