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A guide to health, or, advice to both sexes in a variety of complaints. With an essay on the venereal disease, gleets, seminal weakness; and that destructive habit called Onanism; likewise, an address to parents, tutors, and guardians of youth. Ninth edition. By Samuel Solomon, M.D.
Solomon, Samuel, -approximately 1818.Date: [1796?]
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Proposals for printing a medicinal dictionary : designed as a body of physic and surgery both with regard to theory and practice. Compiled from the best writers ancient and modern: with useful observations. Illustrated with copper plates. / By R. James, M.D.
James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776Date: [1741]
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Aristotle's last legacy. Unfolding the mystery of nature in the generation of man: treating. I. Of virginity, its signs and tokens, and how a Man may know whether he married a Virgin or not. II. Of the Organs of Generation in Women, with a Description of the Fabrick of the Womb. III. Of the Use and Action of Genitals in the Work of Generation. IV. Of Conception; and how to know whether a Woman has conceived, and whether of a Male or Female. V. Of the Pleasure and Advantage of Marriage; with the unhappy Consequences of unequal Matches, and Meseries of unlawful Love. VI. Of Barrenness, with Remedy against it; and the Signs of Insufficiency, both in Men and Women. Vii. Directions to both Sexes how to manage themselves in the Act of Coition, or their Venereal Embraces. Viii. A Vade Mecum for Midwives and Nurses, containing particular Directions for the faithful Discharge of their several Employments. IX. Excellent remedies against all diseases incident to virgins and child-bearing women: Fitted for the Use of Midwives, Nurses, and all such Persons only as are concerned in these Matters.
Date: 1766
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Nature the best physician: A matter of fact, evinced from a most remarkable variolous case, communicated by the learned Dr. Wilmot to the Late Dr. Mead. And now set forth in a poetical narrative, by David Maxwell, M.D.
Maxwell, David, M.D.Date: Printed in the year MDCLVI. [1656]
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Aristotle's last legacy, unfolding the mysteries of nature in the generation of man: treating I. Of virginity, ... IX. Excellent remedies against all diseases incident to virgins and child bearing women: ...
Date: 1749
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The family physician: being a collection of useful family remedies. Together with plain and full directions for administering them, and properly nursing the sick, where the advice of a physician is difficult to be procured. To which is added, A Short Account of those Cases in which Bleeding and Blisters are really serviceable. By Hugh Smith, Apothecary, At the Chymical Warehouse, the upper End of Cheapside, leading into Newgate-Street, London: Where The Medicines herein recommended, are faithfully prepared in Boxes, convenient for Families to take into the Country, and for those who use the Sea to take on Shipboard.
Smith, Hugh, 1736?-1789.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]
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Advertisement : There is lately found out at Norwood in the Parish of Croydod, in the country of Surry, at Biggen Farm, at Richard Jacksons, an excellent purging water.
Date: [1675?]
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Approved medicines of little cost, to preserve health and also to cure those that are sick : provided for the souldiers knap-sack, and the country mans closet. Written by Richard Elkes Gent. Student in the art of physick, living at Bagshot in the county of Surry.
Elkes, RichardDate: 1651
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At the Golden-Ball in Duke-Street in the Old-Artillery without Bishops gate, advice & medicines may be had of J. Spinke, physician.
Spinke, JohnDate: [1700?]
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Aristotle's compleat master piece, in three parts: displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man. Regularly digested into Chapters and Sections, rendering it far more useful and easy than any yet extant. To which is added, a treasure of health; or, the family physician: Being Choice and Approved Remedies for all the several Distempers incident to Human Bodies.
Date: 1763
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The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher. In four parts. Containing I. His complete master-piece; displaying the secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man. - To which is added, The Family Physician; being approved remedies for the several distempers incident to the human body. II. His experienced midwife; absolutely necessary for Surgeons, Midwives, Nurses, and Child-Bearing Women. III. His book of problems; containing various Questions and answers, relative to the state of Man's body. IV. His last legacy, unfolding the Secrets of Nature respecting the Generation of Man.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,XCI. [1791]
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Advertisement of a powder which is a most safe and speedy help for the stone and gravel, and those miseries which attend them : as pain in the back, stoppage of urine, cholick, &c. of which, in short, take this impartial account.
Date: [1700?]
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A closet for ladies and gentlewomen. Or, The art of preserving, conserving, and candying : VVith the manner how to make divers kindes of sirups, and all kinde of banqueting stuffes. Also divers soveraigne medicines and salves for sundry diseases.
Date: 1647
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London's medicinal-informer : Containing, I. A brief enquiry into the ancient state of the practices of physick and surgery in the world. II. The present state of those professions in London. III. Quacks rightly distinguish'd from other practicers; characteris'd, and chastiz'd. IV. The venereal disease in its cause, nature, signes, dangerous effects; best most cheap, easy, safe, and private methods of cure, truly represented; in order to prevent peoples being ruin'd either by that disease, of by unskilful pretenders to its cure. / By a London physician.
London physicianDate: 1710
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Just publish'd. Venus deceiv'd, or an account of the seat, and nature of a clap, or running of the reins in men and women; with its perfect cure : (tho' attended with the very worst of symptoms) in 24 hours time by external applications only.
Wright, Andrew, active 1680Date: [1680?]
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Launæus redivivus: or, A true narrative of the admirable effects of Delaun's pill : that ancient & excellant Galenick medicine, approved of, and sold for above fifty years, in Black-Fryers, now newly reviv'd, and exposed to sale, at the signe of Delaun's Head there, for the good of all, by especially the poor, whose purses reach not to whole boxes or bottles of physick. For, the patient is not now obliged to expend above six pence to prove the operation of this peerless pill; one being a sufficient dose for most constitutions: yet is above twice as costly, and but half the purchase of any other. With some reflexions on the danger of mercurial medicines, practis'd and invented by ignorant and impudent empericks. As also, a short discourse and description of the scurvy, dropsie, venereal, and other distempers. By Nathaniel Lomax, student in physick.
Lomax, NathanielDate: 1675
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The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor : directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any sort of these employments. Viz. Waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under-cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chirurgery. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1685
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A discourse of the sulphur-bath at Knarsbrough in York-shire : By Will. Simpson, M.D.
Simpson, William, M.DDate: 1675
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A poem on the new method of treating physic. Inscribed to Dr. Morgan, on his Philosophical principles of medicine.
Bowden, Samuel.Date: M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
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[A rich storehouse or treasurie for the diseased] : [Wherein are many approued medicines for diuers and sundry diseases, which haue beene long hidden, and not come to light before this time. First set forth for the benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people, that are not of abilitie to goe to the physicions.] / [By G.W.].
A. T., practitioner in physickeDate: [1630]
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By the King and Queens Authority : These are to give notice, that here is lately arrived an experienced and most famous High-German doctor, who by his great study, and constant practice in several parts of the world, as well in princes courts as in hospitals, and war-like expeditions, hath obtained such a physical method, as to cure all external and internal distempers (if curable).
Date: [1689]
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Read, try, judge, and speak as you find. At the Black Ball and Old Lilly's Head, next door to the Feather shops that are within Black-Friers Gate-way, which is over against Ludgate Church : just by Ludgate in London (through God's mercy to do good) now liveth J. Case, who succeds in the room of Mr. Tho. Saffold lately deceased, who is an approved and licensed physician and student in astrology. Of Him the sick may have advice for nothing.
Case, John, active 1680-1700Date: [1692]
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Dissertatio inauguralis, de partibus corporis animalis quae viribus opii parent. Quam, Annuente Summo Numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Gulielmi Robertson, S. T. P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti; Nec Non Amplissimi Senatus Academici consensu, Et nobilissimae Facultatis Medicae decreto, pro gradu doctoris, Summisque In Medicina Honoribus AC Privilegiis Rite ET Legitime Consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Gulielmus Alexander, Anglus, Societat. Speculativ. Edinb. Socius, Societ. Natur. Studios. Edin. Necnon Societ. Med. Reg. Edin. Praesidarius. Ad diem 13. Septembris, hora locoque solitis.
Alexander, Gulielmus.Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]
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Read, try, judge, and speak as you find : At the Black Ball and Old Lilly's Head, next door to the Feather shops that are within Black-Friers Gate-way, which is over against Ludgate Church, just by Ludgate in London (through God's mercy to do good) still liveth Thomas Saffold, an approved and licensed physician, and student in Astrology. Of Him.
Saffold, Thomas, 1640-1691Date: [1680]
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A choice manual, or, Rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery: collected, and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite waies of preserving, conserving, candying &c.
Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651Date: 1682