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2. The American instructor, or, Young man's best companion: containing, spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published ; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master ; instructions to write variety of hands ... ; how to write letters on business or friendship ; forms of indentures ... releases, &c. ; also merchant's accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping ; with a description of the several American colonies ; together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule ... ; likewise the practical gauger made easy ... ; to which is added, The poor planter's physician ... and also prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers ; the whole better adpated to these American colonies, than any other book of the like kind

Author(s):
Fisher, George, accomptant
Publication:
New-York : Printed and sold by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square, MDCCLXX [1770]
Subject(s):
Mathematics
Accounting
Commerce

4. The catechism of health

Author(s):
Faust, Bernhard Christoph, 1755-1842
Publication:
New York : Printed by R. Wilson, for Samuel Campbell, 124, Pearl-Street, 1798
Subject(s):
Hygiene
Health

5. The citizen and countryman's experienced farrier: to all which is added : a valuable and fine collection of the surest and best receipts in the known world for the cure of all maladies and distempers that are incident to horses of what kind soever, with directions to know what is the ailment, or disease

Author(s):
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Publication:
Baltimore : Printed by Samuel Sower, MDCCXCVII [1797]
Subject(s):
Animal Husbandry
Horses
Horse Diseases -- therapy

6. Domestic medicine or, The family physician: being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases ; chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, for R. Aitken, MDCCLXXII [1772]
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Disease
Gout

9. 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

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for Joseph Crukshank, Robert Bell, and James Muir, of Philadelphia : and for Robert Hodge, of New-York, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Disease

21. Domestic medicine, or, The family physician: being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases ; chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Norwich [Conn.] : Printed by John Trumbull, for Robert Hodge, J. D. M'Dougall and William Green, in Boston, MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Disease

22. Domestic medicine, or, The family physician: being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases ; chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed [by John Dunlap] for and sold by R. Aitken, [1772?]
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Disease

23. Domestic medicine, or, The family physician: being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases ; chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines

Author(s):
Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, for R. Aitken, MDCCLXXIV [1774]
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Disease

25. Every man his own physician: being a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies for every disease incident to the human body ; with plain instructions for their common use

Author(s):
Theobald, John, -1760
Publication:
[Boston] : London : printed for W. Griffin, in Catherine-Street ; Boston, New-England : printed for Cox and Berry, almost opposite the post-office, MDCCLXVII [1767]
Subject(s):
Medicine
Materia Medica

29. General Wolfe's instructions to young officers: also his orders for a battalion and an army ; together with the orders and signals used in embarking and debarking an army, by flat-bottom'd boats, &c. and a placart to the Canadians ; to which are prefixed, the duty of an adjutant, and quarter-master, &c

Author(s):
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Subject(s):
Military Personnel

30. The gentleman farrier's repository, of elegant and approved remedies for the diseases of horses: in two books ... ; with suitable remarks on the whole ; to which are now added ; observations on broken-winded horses, endeavouring to prove the seat of that malady not to be in the lungs

Author(s):
Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, MDCCLXXV [1775]
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases
Animal Husbandry
Horses

37. Medical advice to the inhabitants of warm climates, on the domestic treatment of all the diseases incidental therein: with a few useful hints to new settlers, for the preservation of health, and the prevention of sickness

Author(s):
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835
Publication:
Nassau, New-Providence : Printed and sold by John Wells, MDCCXCIV [1794]
Subject(s):
Disease
Emigration and Immigration
African Continental Ancestry Group
Tropical Climate
West Indies -- epidemiology

38. 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:
Printed at Boston : By Manning & Loring, for Thomas & Andrews, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury-Street, 1795
Subject(s):
Medicine

39. 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:
Boston : Printed by Joseph Bumstead, for David West, no. 36, Marlborough-Street, and E. Larkin, Jun. no. 50, Cornhill, 1791
Subject(s):
Medicine

40. The medical pocket-book: for those who are, and for all who wish, to be, physicians ; 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:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Subject(s):
Medicine

41. Medicina Britannica, or A treatise on such physical plants, as are generally to be found in the fields or gardens in Great-Britain: containing a particular account of their nature, virtues, and uses ; together with the observations of the most learned physicians, as well ancient as modern, communicated to the late ingenious Mr. Ray, and the learned Dr. Sim. Pauli ; adapted more especially to the occasions of those, whose condition or situation of life deprives them, in a great measure, of the helps of the learned

Author(s):
Short, Thomas, 1690?-1772
Publication:
[Philadelphia] : London printed : Philadelphia re-printed, and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, at the post-office, in Market-Street, MDCCLI [1751]
Subject(s):
Botany
Plants, Medicinal
Phytotherapy

42. Nachrichters, oder Nutzliches und aufrichtiges Ross-Artzney-Büchlein: in welchem die meisten innerliche Krankheiten und äusserliche Zustände der Ross aufs deutlichste beschrieben und erkläret werden ... ; welchem annoch beygefüget ein Anhang von Rind-Viehs Artzneyen, wie auch vor Schafe, Säue, Gäntze, u. Hüner, samt einem dienlichen Register

Author(s):
Deigendesch, Johannes.
Publication:
Germantown [Pa.] : Zum zweyten Mal gedruckt bey Christoph Saur, 1771
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases
Cattle
Animal Husbandry

43. The New-England farrier, or, A compendium of earriery [sic], in four parts: wherein most of the diseases to which horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine are incident, are treated of ; with medical and surgical observations thereon ; the remedies, in general, are such as are easily procured, safely applied, and happily successful ; being the result of many years experience ; and first production of the kind in New-England ; intended for the use of private gentlemen and farmers

Author(s):
Jewett, Paul.
Publication:
Newburyport [Mass.] : Printed by William Barrett, at his printing-office Merrimack-Street, MDCCXCV [1795]
Subject(s):
Horse Diseases
Animal Husbandry

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