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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.

Publication Details

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

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.

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Thematic Classifications

ALTERNATIVE, Complimentary & Pseudomedicine BOTANY › Ethnobotany Household or Self-Help Medicine NATIVE AMERICANS & Medicine PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Materia medica / Herbals / Herbal Medicines

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#6988
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9154
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	new-guide-to-health-orb-botanic-family-physician-containig-a-complete-system-of-practice

Geographic Context

Publication place: Boston, MA