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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 family who have not had a classical or medical education. / By Alexander Thomson, M.D. author of a treatise on nervous disorders; of dialogues in a library and other productions.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 3162. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, Alexander.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 3162.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family medicine.
- Families--Health and hygiene.
- Families.
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Physical Description:
- xi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 14-526 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Printed by James Oram, at his printing-office, no. 102, Water-Street., 1802.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- "This first American edition of Thomson's Family physician, 'tis hoped will meet the approbation of the public ... In addition to what the author has said in his preface, it may not be amiss to publish the following certificates from medical gentlemen of the first respectability of our own country, to testify their opinion of its merits."--Advertisement, p. [iii].
- "Appendix: containing an alphabetical account of the substances most commonly employed in medicine, with the virtues and uses of each, as confirmed by experience and observation ..."--p. [377]-498.
- Includes index.
- "Books lately published, and for sale, by James Oram ..."--p. [527-528].
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 3162).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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