Every Man His Own Doctor: Or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen and Simple Medicines (Classic Reprint)

By William Buchan

Excerpt from Every Man His Own Doctor: Or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen and Simple Medicines

In this volume, a treatise is given of the Materia Medica, in which the medicinal properties of indigenous plants, that are most generally known in the United States, are given, and clearly explained accord ing to the latest and most approved discoveries. The Reader will at once see the advantage of such a plan, by being made acquainted with the virtues of the herbs that he is daily treading un'der loot and which were given for the use of man; and having them described, and clas sed, according to their different properties, any person of common ob servation, need not be at a loss in most cases to know which are the most proper to be used.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0282312056
• ISBN13: 9780282312053
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"