The family doctor : a counsellor in sickness, pain and distress, for childhood, manhood and old age, containing in plain language, free from medical terms, the causes, symptoms, and cure of disease in every form ... illustrated with numerous engravings of medicinal plants and herbs.

  • Taylor, Henry S.
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1857
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The family doctor : a counsellor in sickness, pain and distress, for childhood, manhood and old age, containing in plain language, free from medical terms, the causes, symptoms, and cure of disease in every form ... illustrated with numerous engravings of medicinal plants and herbs. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Published by John E. Potter ..., 1857.

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308 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

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Authorship attributed to Henry S. Taylor, who is so identified in the 1860 ed. Cf. LC authority record n 87801172
Each chapter begins with an initial letter in a wood engraved vignette
Heavily foxed.
Publishers binding; gold stamped spine with vignette

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