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Start Over Collections Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 ✖Remove constraint Collections: Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 Subjects Materia Medica ✖Remove constraint Subjects: Materia Medica Languages English ✖Remove constraint Languages: English Dates by Range 1800-1849 ✖Remove constraint Dates by Range: 1800-1849

1. Additions to the Materia medica pura

Author(s):
Stapf, Ernst, 1788-1860
Publication:
New-York : William Radde ...; London : H. Balliere ..., 1846
Subject(s):
Materia Medica

3. 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

4. The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy: together with the natural, chemical, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine; illustrated and explained, according to the principles of modern chemistry : the arrangement simplified, and the whole adapted to the practice of medicine and pharmacy in the United States : with several copperplates, exhibiting the new system of chemical characters, and representing the most useful apparatus

Author(s):
Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Thomas Dobson and Son ..., William Fry, printer, 1818
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Pharmacology
Materia Medica
United States

5. 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

6. 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

7. The American new dispensatory: containing general principles of pharmaceutic chemistry ; chemical analysis of the articles of materia medica ; pharmaceutic operations ; materia medica, including several new and valuable articles, the production of the United States ; preparations and compositions ; with an appendix, containing an account of mineral waters ; medical prescriptions ; the nature and medical uses of the gases ; medical electricity ; galvanism ; an abridgment of Dr. Currie's reports on the use of water ; the cultivation of the poppy plant, and the method of preparing opium ; and several useful tables ; the whole compiled from the most approved authors, both European and American

Author(s):
Thacher, James, 1754-1844
Publication:
Boston : Published by Thomas B. Wait and Co. and C. Williams, [1813]
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Materia Medica

8. The American new dispensatory: containing general principles of pharmaceutic chemistry ; chemical analysis of the articles of materia medica ; pharmaceutic operations; materia medica, including several new and valuable articles, the production of the United States ; preparations and compositions ; with an appendix, containing an account of mineral waters ; medical prescriptions ; the nature and medical uses of the gases ; medical electricity ; galvanism ; an abridgment of Dr. Currie's reports on the use of water ; the cultivation of the poppy plant, and the method of preparing opium ; and several useful tables ; the whole compiled from the most approved authors, both European and American

Author(s):
Thacher, James, 1754-1844
Publication:
Boston : Printed and published by Thomas B. Wait and Sons, 1817
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Materia Medica

16. 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

Author(s):
Carter, J. E., active 1837
Publication:
Madisonville, Ten. : Published by B. Parker & Co., 1837
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy
Materia Medica

35. Domestic medicine: a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : with directions for the management of common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations and wounds : the treatment peculiar to the diseases of women and children : with observations on the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine : and a treatise on animal, vegetable, mineral and aerial poisons, pointing out the symptoms, antidotes and means of cure, in cases of poisoning ; to which is annexed, a dispensatory, for the use of private practitioners, and a glossary, explaining technical terms

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Cincinnati : U.P. James, 1838
Subject(s):
Medicine
Materia Medica
Disease

38. The druggist's manual: being a price current of drugs, medicines, paints, dye-stuffs, glass, patent medicines, &c. : with Latin and English synonyms, a German, French, and Spanish catalogue of drugs, tables of specific gravities, &c. &c., and a variety of useful matter

Author(s):
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1822-1921)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the College by Solomon W. Conrad, 1826
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Equipment and Supplies
Pharmacies

39. The Edinburgh new dispensatory: containing I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica, or the natural pharmacuetical and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions : including translations of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, published in 1805, of the Dublin pharmacopoeia, in 1807, and of the London pharmacopoeia, in 1815 ; illustrated and explained in the language, and according to the principles of modern chemistry ; with numerous tables and plates of pharmaceutical apparatus

Author(s):
Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832
Publication:
New-York : Published by James Eastburn and Co. ..., 1818
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Equipment and Supplies
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Scotland

40. Elements of materia medica and pharmacy

Author(s):
Murray, J. (John), -1820
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by B. and T. Kite ..., sold by them, by B. B. Hopkins & Co., Kimber, Conrad, & Co. and M. Carey, Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Pharmacology

60. 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

Author(s):
Weyer, A. (Anthony), 1784-1845
Publication:
St. Clairsville, O. : Published by the author ; Horton J. Howard printer, 1831
Subject(s):
Medicine
Plants, Medicinal
Materia Medica
Pharmaceutical Preparations

61. 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

65. Homoeopathy vindicated, in a letter to J.V.C. Smith, editor of the Boston medical and surgical journal: containing a reply to his review of Drs. C. and L's "Epitome of homeopathic practice," with the acceptance of J.V.C. Smith's and C. A. Lee's challenges and the consequences

Author(s):
Lillie, James, author
Publication:
New York : Wm. G. Boggs, Printer, [1843?]
Subject(s):
Homeopathy
Materia Medica
Dissent and Disputes
Smith, Jerome Van Crowninshield, 1800-1879.
Lee, Charles A. (Charles Alfred), 1801-1872.
Curtis, J. T. (Joseph Thomas), 1815-1857.

81. Materia medica pura

Author(s):
Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843
Publication:
New York : William Radde, 1846
Subject(s):
Materia Medica
Homeopathy

89. 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, shewing, on rational principles, the cause and cure of diseases : an essay on hygiene, or the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine : and an American materia medica, pointing out the virtures and doses of our medicinal plants : also, the nurse's guide

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Washington : Printed for the proprietors, 1827
Subject(s):
Cooking
Medicine
Materia Medica

90. 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

91. 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

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1817
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene
Materia Medica

92. 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 hygeine [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

Author(s):
Ewell, James, 1773-1832
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, by Anderson & Meehan, 1816
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene
Materia Medica

94. 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

96. A new and improved system of medical botanical practice: also, a concise view of anatomy and surgery, containing a medical classification of the best vegetable productions, with the better mode of compounding and administering in the treatment of disease : to which is added a short treatise on obstetricks, and a medical glossary

Author(s):
Miles, Charles, medical botanist
Publication:
Cleaveland : Printed for the author, 1829
Subject(s):
Herbal Medicine
Materia Medica
Medicine

97. 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