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James Graham lecturing from a podium, to a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. Etching by J. Kay, 1785, after himself.

James Graham lecturing from a podium, to a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. Etching by J. Boyne, 1783.

James Graham: addressing a lady walking on the High Bridge, Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1785.

Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.

James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.

James Graham: addressing a throng in Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1783, after himself.

A poetical epistle to the very celebrated Doctor Graham.

Three electrotherapists of the eighteenth century : John Wesley, Jean Paul Marat and James Graham / by W.J. Turrell.

The guardian of health, long-life, and happiness: or, Dr. Graham's general directions as to regimen, etc ... To which are added, the Christians universal, being a paraphrase on Our Lord's prayer / [James Graham].

The general state of medical and chirurgical practice exhibited; shewing them to be inadequate, ineffectual, absurd, and ridiculous ... And more rational ... methods of cure, by means of diet, simple medicines, etc., recommended. To which are added a great number of cases and cures / [James Graham].

A new and curious treatise of the nature and effects of simple earth, water, and air, when applied to the human body: how to live for many weeks, months, or years, without eating anything whatever / [James Graham].

Dr. Graham's famous work! A lecture on the generation, increase, and improvement of the human species; interspersed with receipts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness, and for Prolonging Human Life, Healthily and Happily, to the Very Longest Period of Human Existence. Endowing every Man and Woman with the Breath of Beauty; the Condensed Light; the Life of the Body; the Love of the Soul; the Magnet of Love; the Essence of Ages; the Liquor of Life; and the True Pabulum or Food of all Pleasures! This Curious and most Eccentric, most important, most eloquent, and most cordially concentric Lecture, is begun with enumerating the safest and most efficacious Ways and Means of Producing a Numerous, a Healthy, a Beautiful, and a Virtuous Offspring; with Private Medical Advice to Married Ladies and Gentlemen who are not blessed with Children. Containing such Precepts as will, if duly attended to, make Man and Wife Sweeter, Lovelier, and more Desirable in each other's eyes. Originally Sold for One Guinea. By James Graham, M.D.

The general state of medical and chirurgical practice exhibited, shewing them to be inadequate, etc. And more rational ... methods of cure, by means of diet, simple medicines, etc., recommended. To which are added a great number of ... cases and cures / [James Graham].

Travels and voyages in Scotland, England and Ireland, France, America Hungary, Germany, Russia, and ... of England in Holland, in the 1779 and 80, ... and the Low Countries and the ... regions of Greenland. D..., improvements, method of treating ... cases, ... of health and grane ... apparatus, &c. &c. Which cost upward of 12000 pounds. New edition, being the sixth---Price 3s. By James Graham, M.D.

An abstract, &c / [James Graham].

A short inquiry into the present state of medical practice, in consumptions; asthmas; ... To which is added, an appendix on the management and diseases of the teeth and gums. By James Graham, ...

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Graham, James, 1745-1794

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The general state of medical and chirurgical practice exhibited, shewing them to be inadequate, etc. And more rational ... methods of cure, by means of diet, simple medicines, etc., recommended. To which are added a great number of ... cases and cures / [James Graham].

An abstract, &c / [James Graham].

A short inquiry into the present state of medical practice, in consumptions; asthmas; ... To which is added, an appendix on the management and diseases of the teeth and gums. By James Graham, ...