The universal family physician, and surgeon. Containing a familiar and accurate description of the symptoms of every disorder incident to Mankind; together with their gradual Progress, and method of cure: Including Plain Rules To Guard Against The First Symptoms Of Any Complaint. Instructions what to take, and what to avoid; with directions concerning Diseases Of Infancy Treatment Of Lunatics Epidemic & Contagious Distempers Sea-Bathing Poisons Restoration Of Persons Drowned, &c. Also, a system of family surgery, Pointing out the proper Treatment of Green or Old Wounds -- The most approved Styptics -- Applications for the Cure of the Bite of mad, or the Sting of venomous Animals -- Approved Receipts for making and using the most esteemed Salves, Ointments, &c. With an universal herbal, and a complete dispensatory. The whole compiled from Smythson, Tissot, Buchan, Cornwell, &c.

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1798
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Blackburn : printed by Hemingway and Nuttall, 1798.

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vi,755,[5]p.,plate ; 80.

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ESTC T122067

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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