The medical companion, or family physician treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure and means of prevention ... ; a dispensatory for preparing family medicines, and glossary explaining technical terms To which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body ... an essay on hygiene, or the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine an American materia medica, pointing out the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants also, the nurse's guide. Embracing a treatise on epidemic ... cholera / By James Ewell.

Ewell, James, 1773-1832.

Date:: 1836

Credit: The medical companion, or family physician treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure and means of prevention ... ; a dispensatory for preparing family medicines, and glossary explaining technical terms To which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body ... an essay on hygiene, or the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine an American materia medica, pointing out the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants also, the nurse's guide. Embracing a treatise on epidemic ... cholera / By James Ewell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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