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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 |
| Reference | Log.3489.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1792 |
| Author | Buchan, William |
| Place of Creation | Dublin |
| Description | Twelfth Edition - to which is added a chapter on cold bathing and drinking the mineral waters, with additions. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. 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; Women's Health; Children's Health; Sexual Health |
| Keywords | disease, medicine, cure, baths, water, advertising, children, food, diet, exercise, air, sleep, cleansing, infection, temperature, fever, pleuritis, inflammation, tuberculosis, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, cough, cold, whooping cough, colic, cholera, diarrhoea, diabetes, blood, vomiting, headache, toothache, pain, worms, jaundice, edema, scurvy, scrofula, itching, asthma, indigestion, depression, poison, venereal disease, bites, female complaints, pregnancy, childbirth, infertility, croup, teething, rickets, convulsions, dislocation, faintness, fits |
| Parts of the Body | digestive organs, respiratory system, lungs, eyes, head, kidneys, urinary organs, |
| Additional Information | No English-language handbook of popular medicine and hygiene enjoyed greater popularity or a longer publishing history than Buchan's 'Domestic Medicine', which appeared in at least 70 English, Scottish and Irish editions through 1846, and was published in the United States in more than 60 editions and issues between the first Philadelphia edition of 1771 and the outbreak of the Civil War. Buchan's treatise was also translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. The 'Domestic Medicine' is a product of the intellectual climate of Edinburgh in the latter half of the 18th-century. Knowledge was regarded not merely as the attainment of a learned elite, but as essential for the moral and material progress of all classes of society. |
| 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 |