The healing art, or Art of healing disclosed / by a professed botanist ; being alphabetically arranged, it may be termed a botanical dictionary ; by Dr. William Steward, jun. of Canaan, county of Sommersett, district of Maine, (Massachusetts.).

  • Steward, William, 1765-1845.
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The healing art, or Art of healing disclosed / by a professed botanist ; being alphabetically arranged, it may be termed a botanical dictionary ; by Dr. William Steward, jun. of Canaan, county of Sommersett, district of Maine, (Massachusetts.). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Art of healing disclosed

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Ballston Spa [N.Y.] : Printed by James Comstock, 1812.

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55 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm

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Shaw & Shoemaker 26805
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1828

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Republished in Saco, Me., in 1827 under title: The first edition of Steward's Healing art, corrected and improved by the original hand
Includes (p. [31]-43): Further diseases which are not alphabetically arranged, and Advice to females
Includes (p. [44]-55): Appendix, containing Of ointments, Of oils, and a Postscript
Signatures: [A]² B-E⁶ F².
NLM Copy 1 imperfect: p. 51-54 partially torn and leaf cast, with loss of text; all after p. 54 wanting; title leaf partially torn, stained, and leaf cast, affecting text; unbound; stabbed
Film 633 reel 90 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 90, no. 1828).

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