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8. 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 : Printed for the author, 1812
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Diet

16. 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

22. 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

26. 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, February, 1813
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Obstetrics
Therapeutics
Physiological Phenomena

28. 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

30. 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

40. 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

41. 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

44. 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

45. 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

Publication:
New England : Printed, and sold by all the principal booksellers in the United States, 1814
Subject(s):
Obstetrics
Reproduction
Therapeutics

64. 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

65. Medical notice

Author(s):
Chabert, J. X. (Julien Xavier), 1792-1859
Publication:
New-York : [s.n., 1836?]
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Nostrums

70. The physician's pocket synopsis: affording a concise view of the symptoms and treatment of the medical and surgical diseases incident to the human frame : compiled from the best authorities, with references to the most approved modern authors : together with the properties and doses of the simples and compounds of the national pharmacopoeia of the United States

Author(s):
Bartlett, John Stephen, 1812-1840
Publication:
Boston : Munroe and Francis, 1822
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

84. 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 ... : also, Advice to mothers, on the subject of their own health, and of the means of promoting the health, strength, and beauty of their offspring

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Boston : Printed for Joseph Bumstead (printer and bookseller) for sale at his bookstore ..., and by booksellers in various parts of the United States, 1811
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics
Postnatal Care

86. 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 conducive to health, than the present : also, Advice to mothers, on the subject of their own health : and of the means of promoting the health, strength, and beauty of their offspring

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Boston : Printed for Joseph Bumstead (printer and bookseller) ..., 1809
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics
Postnatal Care

87. Manual of therapeutics

Author(s):
Martinet, L. (Louis), 1795-1875
Publication:
New-York : C.S. Francis, 1830
Subject(s):
Therapeutics

89. A treatise on the virtues and efficacy of the saliva, or fasting spittle: being conveyed into the intestines by eating a crust of bread, early in a morning fasting, in relieving the gout, scurvey, gravel, stone, rheumatism, &c., arising from obstructions : also, on the great cures accomplished by the fasting spittle, when externally applied to recent cuts, sore eyes, corns, warts, &c

Author(s):
Robinson, Nicholas, 1697?-1775
Publication:
Salem [Mass.] : Whipple, 1844
Subject(s):
Saliva
Therapeutics

92. The medical pocket book: containing a short but plain account of the symptoms, causes, and methods of cure, of the diseases incident to the human body; including such as require surgical treatment: together with the virtues and doses of medicinal compositions and simples : extracted from the best authors, and digested into alphabetical order

Author(s):
Elliot, John, 1747-1787
Publication:
Troy [N.Y.] : Printed by O. Penniman and Co. and sold by them at the Troy Bookstore, 1803
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Materia Medica
Medicine

93. Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist: containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases

Author(s):
Raspail, F.-V. (François-Vincent), 1794-1878
Publication:
New Orleans : [s.n.], 1846
Subject(s):
Disease
Therapeutics

94. A concise exposition of the absurdity of the old-school system of practice in medicine: containing an epitome of the regular practice, with the character of the most important remedies employed : with a complete compendium of Eberle's medical practice, prepared with great labor and care, and the denunciations of the allopathic practice by the most popular authors : also, a comparative view of the allopathic and botanic or Thomsonian systems of practice, showing their comparative merits, with an address to the reformed or new-school practitioners

Author(s):
Morton, Bryant.
Publication:
Portland [Me.] : Printed by Thurston & Co., 1848
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics

96. 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

Author(s):
Hand, William M.
Publication:
New-Haven : Printed by S. Converse, for Silas Andrus, Hartford, 1820
Subject(s):
Medicine
Therapeutics