Historical Bibliography Updated: March 7, 2018

Botanic medicine: A new and complete American medical family herbal: Wherein is displayed the true properties and medical virtues of the plants, indigenous to the United States of America, together with Lewis' secret remedy newly discovered, which has been found infallible in the cure of that dreadful disease hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a mad dog.

Publication Details

New York: Published by Samuel Henry, 1814 CE.

Henry wrote that he had been a captive of the Indians during the Creek War and that he incorporated what he learned during his captivity. His work was one of the first illlustrated herbals published in the United States. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States › American Northeast COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States › American South NATIVE AMERICANS & Medicine PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Materia medica / Herbals / Herbal Medicines

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Entry Number	#9641
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11828
External URL	botanic-medicine-a-new-and-complete-american-medical-family-herbal-new-york-published-by-samuel-henry-1814

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York