The town and country friend and physician, or, An affectionate address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease on its first appearance ; supposed to be delivered by a country physician to the circle of his friends and patients on his retiring from business : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, &c. Intended for the promotion of domestic happiness. In two parts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parkinson, James, 1755-1824 17033

Language:

English

Physical Description:

viii, 108 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : James Humphreys, 1803.

Notes:

"The first part ... is nearly a copy of ... 'The villager's friend and physician,' and is from the pen of ... Mr. James Parkinson, of London. The second part [p. [73]-108] ... chiefly ... consist[s] of a selection of short extracts from some other late ... publications on the means of preserving health and prolonging life; also of some observations and remarks ... to reinforce the precepts ... in the first part." - "Advertisement" (unsigned) dated "Philad. County, April, 1803."

Parkinson's work was published in London in 1800. The second part (here first published?) is fictionally addressed to his friends by the same country physician.

Signatures: n[superscript 4]A-F[superscript 12-6].

Local Notes:

Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Shaw, 5176