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New guide to health; or botanic family physician, containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan entirely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and adminstering them to cure disease. To which is prefixed a narrative of the life and medical discoveries of the author.

Boston, MA: Printed for the Author, by E. G. House, 1822.

The "Bible" of Thomsonism or "Thomsonian medicine", which employed botanical remedies, often based on native American medicines. Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6988
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/9154
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLnew-guide-to-health-orb-botanic-family-physician-containig-a-complete-system-of-practice

Geographic Context

Publication place: Boston, MA