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1. A treatise on domestic medicine: pointing out, in plain language, and as free from professional terms as possible, the nature, symptoms, causes, probable terminations, and treatment of all diseases incident to men, women, and children, in both cold and warm climates : as also, appropriate prescriptions in English, and the doses of medicine which are suitable to different ages : including likewise effectual means for preventing the extension of all infectious diseases, and annihilating the power of every kind of contagion, and rules for enabling Europeans who visit a warm climate to escape the yellow fever, and long enjoy a good state of health

Author(s):
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835
Publication:
New York : Collins, 1822
Subject(s):
Medicine

8. 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

14. Aristotle's master-piece, completed: In two parts. The first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof. Treating of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches. Signs of insufficiency in men or women. Of the infusion of the soul. Of the likeness of children to parents. Of monstrous births. The cause and cure of the green sickness. A discourse of virginity. Directions and cautions for midwives. Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabric of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether a male or female, with a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The second part being A private looking glass for the female sex. Treating of various maladies of the womb, and of all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. : The whole being more correct than any thing of the kind hitherto published

Publication:
New-York : Printed for the Company of the Flying Stationer, 1817
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Obstetrics

17. Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend: describing, in plain language, the diseases of men, women, and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure, designed especially for the use of families : it also contains descriptions of the medical roots and herbs of the United States, 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:
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Edwards & Newman, 1839
Subject(s):
Medicine

21. 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

28. Popular medicine, or, The American family physician: a work in which the principles and practice of medicine are familiarly explained : comprising a complete and comprehensive description of diseases, with full and definite directions for their treatment : the properties of many new and important medicines, with their doses and mode of administration, are accurately described : designed for general use and adapted to all climates

Author(s):
Capron, George, 1802-1882
Publication:
New York : Ray & Bro., 1854
Subject(s):
Medicine

34. Aristotle's master-piece completed: in two parts ; the first containing the secrets of generation in all the parts thereof ... ; the second part being A private looking-glass for the female sex ; treating of the various maladies of the womb, and all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each ; the whole being more correct than any thing of this kind hitherto published

Publication:
New-York : Printed for the Company of Flying Stationers, 1793
Subject(s):
Sexual Behavior
Congenital Abnormalities
Midwifery
Reproduction

35. 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 : from a late London edition

Publication:
New-England : Printed for the booksellers, 1809
Subject(s):
Reproduction
Congenital Abnormalities

37. 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

40. 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:
[Wilmington, Del.] : London, printed ; ----- and, Wilmington, re-printed, and sold by James Adams, at his printing-office, 1764
Subject(s):
Animal Husbandry
Cattle
Cattle Diseases -- therapy
Horse Diseases -- therapy
Horses

45. Telliamed, or, The world explain'd: containing discourses between an Indian philospher and a missionary, on the diminution of the sea, the formation of the earth, the origin of men & animals : and other singular subjects, relating to natural history & philosphy ; a very curious work

Author(s):
Maillet, Benoît de, 1656-1738
Publication:
Baltimore : Printed by W. Pechin, no. 15, Market-Street ; for D. Porter, at the observatory, Federal-Hill, 1797
Subject(s):
Natural History
Biological Evolution

46. The surprising case of Rachel Baker, who prays and preaches in her sleep: with specimens of her extraordinary performances taken down accurately in short hand at the time ; and showing the unparalleled powers she possesses to pray, exhort, and answer questions, during her unconscious state : the whole authenticated by the most respectable testimony of living witnesses

Author(s):
Mais, Charles.
Publication:
New-York : Published by Whiting and Watson, 96 Broadway ; S. Marks, printer, 1814
Subject(s):
Sleep-Wake Transition Disorders
Religion
Baker, Rachel, 1794-

65. 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

88. 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

89. 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

95. 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 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

Author(s):
Willison, John, 1680-1750
Publication:
Wilmington [Del.] : Printed by Joseph Johnson, 1796
Subject(s):
Religion and Medicine
Attitude to Death
Christianity
Death

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