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 wich sprung from that most deplorable disaster / [James Ewell].

  • Ewell, James, 1773-1832.
Date:
1816
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Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

xvi, 694 (i.e. 698) pages including tables ; (8vo)

Edition

3rd edition - greatly improved /

References note

Austin 739

Notes

Several errors in paging
First edition published 1807 under title: The planters and mariner's medical companion
Shaw & Shoemaker #37544
Bound in brown leather; stamped in gold; red leather label on spine, stamped in gold
Copy 1 Note: MS notes on end flyleaf.

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