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 hygieine [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.
Date:
1817
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Credit: 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 hygieine [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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    District of Pennsylvania, to wit: ******** BE IT REMEMBERED, that onihe seventh day of May, * SEAL * in the fortieth year of the independer%pf the United States Z * of America, A. D. 1816, James EwellTlLD.of the said dis- ******** trict> hath deposited in this office the Title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: ** The Medical Companion: treating, according to the most successful prac- tice, I. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board: II. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, he. III. The com- plaints peculiar to women and children. With a Dispensatory and Glos- sary. To which are added, a brief anatomy of the human body; an essay on Hygieine, or the art of preserving health and prolonging life; an Ame- rican Materia Medica, instructing country gentlemen in the very import- ant knowledge of the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants; also, a concise and impartial history of the capture of Washington, and the dis- eases which sprung from that most deplorable disaster. The third edition —greatly improved. By James Ewell, physician in Washington, formerly of Savannah. I have always thought it a greater happiness to discover a certain method of curing, even the slightest disease, than to accumulate the largest fortune; and whoever compasses the former, I esteem not only happier, but wiser and better too. Sydenham. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entituled, 11 An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and also to the act, entitled, An act for the en- couragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of sucli copies during the times therein men- tioned, and extended the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engra- ving, and etching historical and other prints. D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.'