A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson : containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new : to which is added an introduction to his New guide to health, or Botanic family physician : containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, &c.

  • Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.
Date:
1827
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Credit: A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson : containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new : to which is added an introduction to his New guide to health, or Botanic family physician : containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    OF SAMUEL Til t should s-md the b-)ir or 1I1.-3 knocker to earry us off. While they . i i'L y, when wi of the h ■ arid when they came home I told thorn whi I ! tl h:i] pei id of letting us know what it was, they told 1 I c ker tliey told us of, and that or t] would alw conic if we were wicked and did not mind and do as 'hey teld us. It. \v s . er that my re this knocker as they called it, wood-] - on the end of the house. Parents ou ress on the minds of young Children, correct idens of hings, nd not mislead theit undei 1 hy felling1 them falsehoods/ for it will be of the gres rest Importance as respects their future conduct and pursuits in life. Wheri I was between three and four years old, my fatber*too!s me out with him to work. The first business I w&s set to do toas to drive the cows to pasture, and watch the geese, with other small chores, which occupation kept me all day in ; fiolds, 1 was very curious to know the names of all the herbs which I S-tW growing, ; md what they were good for; «:id to satisfy my curiosity was constantly miking enquiries of those -as lint I happened to bo with, for that purpose. All the information I thus obtained, or by my own Observation, I care- ful !v laid up in my memory, and never forgot. There was an old lady by the name of Ilenton lived near us, who used to attend our family when there was any sickness. At thai time there was no such thing as a Doctor known among us; theic not beinof any within ten miles. The wholet>f her practice was with roo's and herbs, applied to the pitient, or given in hqj drinks, to produce sweating; which always answered the pur- pose. When one Thing did not produce the desired effect, She would try something else, till they were relieved. By he» attention to the familyj and the benefit they received from fief skill, we b:(•• tme very much attached to her; and when she used to O out to collect roots and herbs, she would take ine with her, and leim me their names, with what they were good for., and I used to be very curious in my inquiries, and in tasting everv thing that I found. The information I thus obtained at this early age, was afterwards of great use to me. Sometime in the summer, after [ ws four years old, ben out in the fields in search of the cows, I discovered a plant j which had a singular branch and pods, that I had never before seen- and I had the curiosity to pick some of the pods and!