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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 / by William Buchan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchan, William, 1729-1805, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Popular.
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume (xxiv, 540 pages)).
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : printed for Joseph Crukshank, Robert Bell and James Muir, 1784.
- Summary:
- Buchan was the first writer in English to combine in one book recipes for home treatment with general advice about diet, lifestyle, and how to live longer. First published in Edinburgh in 1769 and in America in 1772, it was reprinted at least 142 times over a century, and adapted to changing times until "Buchan" became in effect a brand name.
- Notes:
- "Carefully corrected from the latest London edition, to which is now added, a complete index."
- Collection reference: 112598.O
- Includes index.
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia's catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan.
- Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).
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