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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. To which are added, observations on diet and advice to mothers |
| Reference | 72479.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1811 |
| Author | Buchan, William |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Bumstead, Joseph |
| Place of Creation | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Description | William Buchan (1729-1805) was the first writer in English to combine in one book recipes for home treatment with general advice about diet, life style, and how to live longer. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | General Cures; Women's Health; Children's Health |
| Keywords | medicine, domestic, cure, disease, diet, children, clothing, food, exercise, air, nursing, sleep, cleansing, infection, fever, pleuritis, inflammation, tuberculosis, nerves, smallpox, vaccination, brain, measles, scarlet fever, cough, cold, cholera, diarrhoea, diabetes, blood, vomiting, pain, worms, asthma, scrofula, cramp, depression, venereal disease, dislocation, surgery, water |
| Parts of the Body | urinary organs, digestive organs, lungs, respiratory system, head, kidneys, liver |
| Additional Information | Upon completing his medical studies at Edinburgh, Buchan settled in Yorkshire where in 1759 he was appointed medical officer to the recently opened Foundling Hospital at Ackworth. It was there he wrote his M.D. thesis (De infantum vita conservanda) and acquired his interest and skill in treating the diseases of women and children displayed in both the 'Advice to Mothers' and the 'Domestic Medicine'. |
| 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 Chris |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |