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1. The Board of Health, for the port or district of Philadelphia: in the United States of America, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : we certify and make known, that through the blessing of God, the city and district of Philadelphia and the vicinity thereof, is entirely free from all kinds of malignant diseases [small pox excepted]

3. Elements of chemistry

6. Plain discourses on the laws or properties of matter: containing the elements or principles of modern chemistry : with more particular details of those practical parts of the science most interesting to mankind, and connected with domestic affairs : addressed to all American promoters of useful knowledge

8. A catalogue of the medical library, belonging to the Pennsylvania Hospital: exhibiting the names of authors and editors, in alphabetical order, and an arrangement of them under distinct heads ; also, a list of articles contained in the anatomical museum ; and the rules of the museum, and of the library

12. A system of surgery

15. 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

21. A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity: being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

26. An inaugural dissertation, being an attempt to prove the identity of gout and rheumatism: submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews ..., the Trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

27. 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

30. Observations on the disease called the plague, on the dysentery, the ophthalmy of Egypt, and on the means of prevention: with some remarks on the yellow fever of Cadiz, and the description and plan of an hospital for the reception of patients affected with epidemic and contagious diseases

31. The anatomy of the human body

32. An inaugural essay on the use of artificial drains: in the prevention and cure of disease : submitted to the examination of the Rev. J. Andrews ... Trustees & medical professors of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-first day of April, 1806 : for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

35. 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: comprehending the improvements in Dr. Duncan's second edition of the Edinburgh new dispensatory : 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 aparatus

37. Flora Carolinaeensis: or, A historical, medical, and economical display of the vegetable kingdom : according to the Linnaean, or sexual system of botany : being a collection or compilation of various plants hitherto discovered and made known by the several authors on botany, &c. : in two volumes

46. 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

49. An inaugural essay on the mutual subserviencies of the different parts of the body: and the power of one part to perform the function of another : submitted to the examination of the Rev. J. Andrews ... the Trustees & medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-first day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine