The medical companion, or, Family physician : treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure, and means of prevention : common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. : the management and diseases of women and children : a dispensatory, for preparing family medicines, and a glossary explaining technical terms : to which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body showing, on rational principles, the cause and cure of diseases : an essay on hygieine [sic], 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 / by James Ewell.

  • Ewell, James, 1773-1832.
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The medical companion, or, Family physician : treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure, and means of prevention : common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. : the management and diseases of women and children : a dispensatory, for preparing family medicines, and a glossary explaining technical terms : to which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body showing, on rational principles, the cause and cure of diseases : an essay on hygieine [sic], 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 / by James Ewell. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1847.

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692 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 24 cm

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10th ed., rev., enl., and very considerably improved, embracing a treatise on hydropathy, homaeopathy [sic] and the chronothermal system.

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Includes index
Publisher's catalog follows p. 692

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