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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
BUCHAN, William (1729 – 1805)

BUCHAN, William (1729 – 1805)

1729 – 1805

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1769 CE

#9148

Domestic medicine or, the family physician: Being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what Is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases: Chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines.

BUCHAN, William (1729 – 1805)
BUCHAN, William (1729 – 1805)

This pioneering medical self-help book was an instant success, selling 80,000 copies in Buchan's lifetime— a huge number for that time, and was translated into all the major European languages. Digital facsimile…