The family physician; or, Domestic medical friend
Subtitle: containing plain and practical instructions for the prevention and cure of diseases, according to the newest improvements and discoveries; : with a series of chapters on collateral subjects; comprising every thing relative to the theory and principles of the medical art, necessary to be known by the private practitioner. : The whole adapted to the use of those heads of family who have not had a classical or medical education
By: By Alexander Thomson, M.D. author of a treatise on nervous disorders; of dialogues in a library and other productions
Contributors: Oram, James, 1759?-1826, printer
Publisher: Printed by James Oram, at his printing-office, no. 102, Water-Street.
Published: 1802
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: Popular Medicine; Family medicine; Families; Health and hygiene; Medicine; Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Handbooks, manuals
Notes: "This first American edition of Thomson's Family physician, 'tis hoped will meet the approbation of the public ... In addition to what the author has said in his preface, it may not be amiss to publish the following certificates from medical gentlemen of the first respectability of our own country, to testify their opinion of its merits."--Advertisement, p. [iii].

Signatures: [A]⁴ B² C-3U⁴ 3X².

"Appendix: containing an alphabetical account of the substances most commonly employed in medicine, with the virtues and uses of each, as confirmed by experience and observation ..."--p. [377]-498.

Includes index.

"Books lately published, and for sale, by James Oram ..."--p. [527-528].

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