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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Planter's and Mariner's Medical Companion |
| Reference | 67281.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1807 |
| Author | Ewell, James |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Bioren, John |
| Place of Creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Health and Hygiene; Women's Health; Children's Health; Botanic Medicine |
| Keywords | travel, surgery, recipe, exercise, disease, cure, diagnosis, herbs |
| Additional Information | The first edition of the first successful American imitation of Buchan, reprinted half a dozen times before 1820. It was one of the most popular American manuals of domestic medicine and hygiene published in the first decades of the 19th century. James Ewell studied medicine in Alexandria and Baltimore, before buying a plantation in Virginia. His experience as a plantation owner impressed upon him the need for medical advice and information to be made available to the local people and workers, in the absence of professional aid. |
| 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 |