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Pamphlet arguing Honigberger's use of an innoculation of Quassite or quassine ... the bitter principle of quassia amara wood as a cure for cholera. It "destroys the cholera-flies in the bloodvessels". This had been disputed by the government of Bengal and Honigsberger had been called a "quack and humbug".

xxii, 22 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general : second pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

Materia medica / John Martin Honigberger.

2 volumes in 1 : frontispiece (portrait), plates, facsimiles ; 23 cm

Thirty-five years in the East : adventures, discoveries, experiements, and historical sketches, relating to the Punjab and Cashmere; in connection with medicine, botany, pharmacy, etc., together with an original materia medica; and a medical vocabulary, in four European and five eastern languages / by John Martin Honigberger.

Medical Heritage Library

590 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm

Früchte aus dem Morgenlande, oder, Reise-Erlebnisse : nebst naturhistorisch-medizinischen Erfahrungen, einigen hundert erprobten Arzneimitteln und einer neuen Heilart dem Medial-Systeme / von Johann Martin Honigberger.

xxiv, 27 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plate : portrait ; 21 cm

Cholera, its cause and infallible cure : and the epidemics in general. Third pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure : and on epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger.

Pamphlet promoting the use of an innoculation of "Quassite or quassine ... the bitter principle of quassia amara wood" as a cure for cholera. It "destroys the cholera-flies in the bloodvessels".

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger.

xxii, 22 pages, 1 unnumbered folded plate : illustrations ; 21 cm

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure : and on epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger. Second pamphlet.

Pamphlet discussing Honigberger's use of an innoculation of "Quassite or quassine ... the bitter principle of quassia amara wood" as a cure for cholera. It "destroys the cholera-flies in the bloodvessels" and works on the newly discovered "homoeopathic principle of "similia similibus". Cholera in Europe and India in the mid nineteenth century is documented as is Honigberger's suffering from asthma and Dr. Fountain's attempt to cure cholera by electro-magnetism at Mons. Smallpox and plague are also discussed. Justus von Liebig is mentioned.

xxiv, 27 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm

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Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general : second pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

Materia medica / John Martin Honigberger.

Früchte aus dem Morgenlande, oder, Reise-Erlebnisse : nebst naturhistorisch-medizinischen Erfahrungen, einigen hundert erprobten Arzneimitteln und einer neuen Heilart dem Medial-Systeme / von Johann Martin Honigberger.

Cholera, its cause and infallible cure : and the epidemics in general. Third pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure : and on epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure : and on epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger. Second pamphlet.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general : third pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

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Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general : second pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

Materia medica / John Martin Honigberger.

Früchte aus dem Morgenlande, oder, Reise-Erlebnisse : nebst naturhistorisch-medizinischen Erfahrungen, einigen hundert erprobten Arzneimitteln und einer neuen Heilart dem Medial-Systeme / von Johann Martin Honigberger.

Cholera, its cause and infallible cure : and the epidemics in general. Third pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure : and on epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure : and on epidemics in general / by J.M. Honigberger. Second pamphlet.

Cholera : its cause and infallible cure and epidemics in general : third pamphlet / by J.M. Honigberger.

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