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 most deplorable disaster.

  • Ewell, James, 1773-1832.
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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 most deplorable disaster. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Printed for the author, by Anderson & Meehan, 1816.

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xvi, 694, that is, 680 pages ; 22 cm

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The third edition--greatly improved /

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First published in Philadelphia in 1807 under title: The planter's and mariner's medical companion
Signatures: pi⁴ [A]-U⁴ V⁴ W⁴ X-3I⁴ 3J⁴ 3K-3T⁴ 3X-4P⁴
Numerous errors in pagination: p. 409-416, 441-444, 603-604, 667-676 omitted; p. 449-452 repeated, with repeated page 450 numbered as p. 453-456 repeated, with repeated page 453 and 455 numbered as 453 1/2 and 455 1/2, respectively; p. 457 and 459 are not repeated but misnumbered as 457 1/2 and 459 1/2 respectively. Leaf 4E1 is not paginated
Includes index
NLM copy, contains 3 newspaper clippings affixed to inserted leaf at end and rear flyleaf: 1. "On the efficacy of the black oak bark of America, in all diseases in which the Peruvian bark has been used with success, by J.C. Rousseau, M.D.; 2. "A new fever" from the Winyaw intelligencer; and 3. "The celebrated balm of Quito" sold by Saml. Wetherill & Sons.
Film 633 reel 42 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 42, no. 739).

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Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 739
Shaw & Shoemaker 37544

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1959. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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