DR BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE

Authors: Buchan, William

Categories: Non-fiction

Health / Medicine

Year: 1806

Publisher: J. Gray and Co.

Pagination: xxxii, [1]-555p, [1-3]-167

Dimensions: 21.5 x 13 cm

City: Glasgow

Document Type: Book

Edition: A New and Improved Edition

Language: English

Printer: John Turnbull, Anchor Close, Edinburgh

Advertisements: [iii]-iv 'ADVERTISEMENT | BY THE | PUBLISHERS.'

Dedication: [v]-vi 'TO | SIR JOHN PRINGLE, BART. | PHYSICIAN TO HER MAJESTY.'

Preface: [vii]-xiv 'PREFACE.'

Introduction: [xv]-xxvi 'INTRODUCTION.'

Other Content: [xxvii]-xxx 'CONTENTS.' [xxxi] 'CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX.' [1-3]-167 'THE COMPLETE BRITISH HERBAL; INTENDED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO DR BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE.'

Binding: Black, half calf. Front and back covers brown paper-covered board. SPINE: badly worn, lettering illegible.

Edges: Trimmed

Notes:

Full title: 'A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION OF DR BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE; OR, A TREATISE ON THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF DISEASES, BY REGIMEN AND SIMPLE MEDICINE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, CHARACTERISTIC SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES, FROM THE NOSOLOGY OF THE LATE CELEBRATED DR CULLEN, OF EDINBURGH. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A LIST OF THE MEDICINES USUALLY EMPLOYED, AND THEIR DOSES FOR ALL AGES; A DISSERTATION ON WATER, ACIDS, AND ALKALIS.'