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103. The families' new guide to health: giving a description of the diseases to which families are subject, and their treatment : also instructions how to prepare their medicines, and administer them with safety : with a history of the origin and progress of spasmodic cholera, and the most successful plan of treatment : together with an exposition of the Thomsonian preparations of medicine, as given in the New York medical and physical journal (vol.1, new series), taken from the original specification at the Patent Office

Publication:
Baltimore : Hanzsche, 1833
Subject(s):
Medicine

106. 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

113. The family almanac and guide to health

Author(s):
Fitch, Samuel Sheldon, 1801-1876
Publication:
New York : S.S. Fitch & Co., 1857
Subject(s):
Medicine

114. The family and ship medicine chest companion: being a compendium of domestic medicine, surgery, and materia medica : with directions for the diet and management of the sick-room : particularly adapted for heads of families, captains of ships, travellers, and overseers of plantations : comprising plain rules for the administration of medicines, with their properties and doses : also general rules on bathing, a plain description of the treatment of fractures, and dislocations, etc., etc., and a concise account of the asiatic and spasmodic cholera, with the remedies to be used in the absence of professional assistance : to which is added receipts of general utility for family purposes : selected from standard works

Publication:
Philadelphia : Lindsay and Blakiston, 1851
Subject(s):
Medicine

115. The family doctor

Author(s):
Hamlin, B.
Publication:
[California : Lemoore Tulare Co., 1880]
Subject(s):
Medicine

116. The family doctor, or, The home book of health and medicine: a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including an account of the nature and properties of remedies, the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition

Author(s):
Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853
Publication:
New York : Saxton, Barker & Co., 1859
Subject(s):
Medicine

118. The family doctor: a counsellor in sickness, pain and distress, for childhood, manhood, and old age : containing in plain language, free from medical terms, the causes, symptoms, and cure of disease in every form : with important rules for preserving the health, and directions for the sick chamber, and the proper treatment of the sick : the whole drawn from extensive observation and practice

Author(s):
Taylor, Henry S.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Potter, 1863
Subject(s):
Therapeutics
Medicine

122. Family medical adviser: giving such information on the practice of physic and the diseases of women and children as may prove useful in families when regular physicians cannot readily be procured : selected, arranged, and compiled from the best medical authors, together with his own observations in the treatment of diseases, generally : to which is annexed anatomy, surgery, materia medica, and many valuable prescriptions, being a useful guide for intelligent heads of families, overseers of plantations and manufactories, masters of vessels, and travelers

Author(s):
Boyd, J.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1845
Subject(s):
Medicine

124. The family medical guide: a complete popular dictionary of medicine and hygiene : comprising all possible self-aids in the treatment of diseases, accidents, emergencies, etc., with articles on general physiology, on diet and food, on the different drugs, plants, and medical preparations used in general practice, definitions of technical terms used in medicine, recipes for the preparation of everything useful in the domestic treatment of disease, etc., etc., etc

Author(s):
Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874
Publication:
New York : Pelton, 1881
Subject(s):
Medicine
Hygiene

126. Family physician

Author(s):
Fitch, Samuel Sheldon, 1801-1876
Publication:
New York : S.S. Fitch, 1868
Subject(s):
Medicine

127. Family physician

Author(s):
Fitch, Samuel Sheldon, 1801-1876
Publication:
Boston, Mass. : S.S. Fitch, 1866
Subject(s):
Medicine

128. 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

134. 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

137. The family physician: comprising rules for the prevention and cure of diseases : calculated particularly for the inhabitants of the western country, and for those who navigate its waters : with a dispensatory and appendix : this work affords, in simple language, a concentration of all the practical matter which can be derived from the best authorities : with original remarks

Author(s):
Benezet, Anthony A.
Publication:
Cincinnati : Printed and published by W. Hill Woodward, [1826]
Subject(s):
Medicine

138. Family physician: designed to assist heads of families, travellers and seafaring people in discerning, distinguishing, and curing diseases : with directions for the preparation and use of a numerous collection of the best American remedies, together with a large number of valuable receipts for making plasters, ointments, oils, poultices, decoctions, syrups or waters made of herbs, the time of gathering all herbs, the way of drying and keeping the herbs all the year, also the way of making and keeping all kinds of useful compounds made of herbs

Author(s):
Frisbee, John.
Publication:
Boston : J. Frisbee, 1847
Subject(s):
Medicine
Phytotherapy

141. Das gemeinnützige Haus-Arzeneybuch zur Erkennung und Heilung der meisten in menschlichen Leben vorkommenden Krankheiten: enthaltend eine Sammlung von Mitteln für fast alle Krankheitszufälle denen der menschliche Körper unterworfenist ; nebst einer Beschreibung von dem Gebrauch der vornehmsten Kräuter ; auch viele kunstreiche Stücke

Author(s):
Schmidt, Daniel.
Publication:
Lancaster, Pa. : Gedruckt und zu haben be H.W. Villee, 1829
Subject(s):
Medicine
Phytotherapy
Plants, Medicinal
Materia Medica

143. Gesundheits-Schatzkammer, oder, Kurze, deutliche und richtige Anweisung zur Erhaltung der Gesundheit und Abwendung mancher Krankheiten: so wie auch gute und sichere Mittel zur Wiederherstellung der verlorenen Gesundheit : für Deutsche ganz deutlich und fasslich eingerichet, und denselben zum nützlichen Gebrauch wohlmeinend anempfohlen und gewidmet

Author(s):
Heinen, Henry.
Publication:
Philadelphia : J. Lippincott, 1840
Subject(s):
Medicine

144. Gesundheits-Schatzkammer, oder, Kurze, deutliche und richtige Anweisung zur Erhaltung der Gesundheit und Abwendung mancher Krankheiten: so wie auch gute und sichere Mittel zur Wiederherstellung der verlornen Gesundheit : für Deutsche ganz deutlich und fasslich eingerichtet, und denselben zum nützlichen Gebrauch wohlmeinend anempfohlen und gewidmet

Author(s):
Heinen, Henry.
Publication:
Lancaster [Pa.] : Bär, 1831
Subject(s):
Medicine

145. The guide to health and married woman's companion: a plain, practical and comprehensive treatise upon the practice of medicine : in the treatment of the most common forms of disease to which the human family is subject, with a concise direction for the preparation and use of a numerous collection of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and adminstering them to cure diseases, and an appendix devoted to the treatment of diseases in horses

Author(s):
Teter, H. (Henry)
Publication:
Columbus : Osgood & Pearce, printers, 1860
Subject(s):
Medicine
Phytotherapy

150. Gunn's Domestic medicine, or Poor man's friend: in the hours of affliction, pain and sickness ; this book points out, in plain language, free from doctor's terms, the diseases of men, women, and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure and is expressly written for the use of families in the western and southern states ; it also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and herbs of the western and southern country, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases : arranged on a new and simple plan, by which the practice of medicine is reduced to principles of common sense

Author(s):
Gunn, John C.
Publication:
Madisonville [Tenn.] : Printed at the office of Henderson & Johnston ; Edwards & Henderson, printers, 1834
Subject(s):
Medicine

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