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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Domestic medicine: or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines: With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners |
| Reference | 70339.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1789 |
| Author | Buchan, William |
| Place of Creation | Hartford |
| Description | Buchan was the first writer in English to combine in one book recipes for home treatment with general advice about diet, lifestyle, and how to live longer. First published in Edinburgh in 1769 and in America in 1772, it was reprinted at least 142 times over a century, and adapted to changing times until "Buchan" became in effect a brand name. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | General Cures; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | cure, medicine, disease, domestic, food, exercise, air, sleep, cleansing, infection, depression, temperature, fever, pleuritis, inflammation, tuberculosis, nerves, smallpox, chickenpox, measles, scarlet fever, erysipelas, cold, cough, diarrhoea, vomiting, colic, blood, piles, headache, toothache, earache, dysentery, worms, jaundice, edema, gout, rheumatism, scrofula, asthma, indigestion, cancer, poison, bites, female complaints, pregnancy, menstruation, childbirth, rickets, teething, burns, dislocation, faintness, water |
| Parts of the Body | head, eyes, lungs, digestive organs, nervous system, respiratory system, throat, urinary organs, liver, kidneys, reproductive organs, bones |
| Additional Information | The publisher enumerated this Hartford edition the 11th, however it is not based on the 11th London edition, which was published the following year. Assuming Austin's 'Early American medical imprints' to be complete, this Hartford edition is the 7th edition of Buchan to be published with an American imprint. |
| 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 |