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Dec 18, 2017 - Dec 19, 2017
Group of 4 Mid-19th Century Ohio Medical Books Including:
Thomson, Samuel. A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND MEDICAL DISCOVERIES OF SAMUEL THOMSON; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS SYSTEM OF PRACTICE, AND THE MANNER OF CURING DISEASE WITH VEGETABLE MEDICINE, UPON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW... Columbus: by Horton Howard, 1827. 3rd Edition. 7 by 4 3/8 inches in contemporary marbled boards and leather spine. 188 pp.
Weyer, A. THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN, OR POOR MAN'S FRIEND, AND MARRIED LADY'S COMPANION: containing a great variety of valuable medical recipes, designed to assist heads of families, travellers and sea-faring people, in curing diseases ; with concise directions for the preparation, and use of a numerous collection of vegetables made use of ; and directions for preparing and administering them to cure diseases ; together with many of the most approved from the shop of the apothecary ; all in plain English. St. Clairsville, (Oh.): By the Author; Printed by Horton J. Howard, 1831. First Edition. 7 1/4 by 4 1/4 inches in contemporary full calf with a gilt printed black leather label to the spine. 216 pp.
Robinson, Samuel. A COURSE OF FIFTEEN LECTURES, ON MEDICAL BOTANY, DENOMINATED THOMSON'S NEW THEORY OF MEDICAL PRACTICE; IN WHICH THE VARIOUS THEORIES THAT HAVE PRECEDED IT ARE REVIEWED AND COMPARED, DELIVERED IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. Columbus: Printed for the Proprietor, 1830. (With Samuel Thomson's preface, "To the Public," dated 1831.) b by 5 1/4 inches in contemporary boards with a polished calf spine with gilt ruling and a gilt printed red leather label. 162 pp.
Lang, Thomas M. THE LAWS OF LIFE, OR SELF CULTURE, APPLIED TO THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, AND PROLONGATION OF LIFE, WITH AN APPENDIX TO LADIES. (Printed wrapper title: THE LAWS OF LIFE, APPLIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH.) Cleveland: Sandford & Hayward's Steam Press, 1848. 7 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches in original printed yellow wrapper covers.
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