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 disaster / [James Ewell].
- Ewell, James, 1773-1832
- Date:
- 1816
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, by Anderson & Meehan, 1816.
Physical description
xvi, 694 (i. e. 698) pages ; (8vo)
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Edition
The 3d ed. - greatly improved ...
Notes
First published in Philadelphia in 1807 under title: The planter's and mariner's medical companion.
Copy 1 Note: Lacks t.p.
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/AM/USA.564/1