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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Barton's combined family physician and medicine chest |
| Reference | A4504.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1888 |
| Author | Barton, Orren L. |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. |
| Place of Creation | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | General Cures; Physiology; Women's Health; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | family, physician, domestic, medicine, temperature, cure, inflammation, croup, diphtheria, catarrh, cold, vomiting, cholera, colic, dysentery, constipation, worms, piles, jaundice, venereal disease, blood, anatomy, bronchitis, pneumonia, children, fever, tuberculosis, asthma, pleuritis, whooping cough, palpitation, neuralgia, convulsions, epilepsy, hysteria, paralysis, female complaints, pain, menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, leucorrhoea, abortion, ringworms, eczema, hives, poison, measles, scarlet fever, vaccination, smallpox, rheumatism, sunstroke, bites, boils, burns, chilblains |
| Parts of the Body | mouth, throat, nose, digestive organs, liver, kidneys, urinary organs, reproductive organs, lungs, respiratory system, heart, nervous system, breasts, skin, ear, eyes |
| Additional Information | Barton divides his treatise according to body region or organ system, e.g. diseases of the mouth and throat, diseases of the stomach and bowels, diseases of the liver etc. In the text he occasionally provides the formula for a remedy that can be prepared at home, but more often refers the reader to one of thirty-four numbered remedies in the chest that Barton prepared and sold. The composition of these medicines is provided on p.183-195. The author was an 1879 graduate of the medical college of Ohio (Cincinnati). |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |