New guide to health, or, Botanic family physician. Containing a complete system of practice upon a plan entirely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease. To which is added a description of several cases of disease attended by the author, with the mode of treatment and cure.

  • Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.
Date:
1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New guide to health, or, Botanic family physician. Containing a complete system of practice upon a plan entirely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease. To which is added a description of several cases of disease attended by the author, with the mode of treatment and cure. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    TO THIS PUBLIC, *Fhk preparing the following work for the press has been «. task of much difficulty and labor; for 1o comprise in a short' compass, and to convey a correct understanding of the subject, liom such a mass of materials as I have been enabled to col- lect by thirly years practice, is a business of no small magni- tude. The plan that has been adopted I thought the best to give a correct knowledge of my system of practice; and am confident that the descriptions and directions are sufficiently ex- plained to be understood by all those who take an interest in this important subject. Much more might have been written; but the main object has been to confine it to the practice, and nothing more is stated of the theory, than what was necessary to give a general knowledge of the system. If any errors should be discovered, it is hoped that they will be viewed with can- dour; for in first publishing a work, such things are to be ex- pected; but much care has been taken that there should be no error which would Cause any mistake in the practice, or prepare ing the medicine. Many persons are practising by my system, who are in the. habit of pretending that they have made great improvements, and in some instances it is well known that poisonous drugs have been made use of under the name of my medicine, which has counteracted its operation, and thereby tended to destroy 'he confidence of the public in my system of practice; this lias never been authorized by me. The public are therefore cau-< tioned against such conduct, and all those who are well disposed towards my system, are desired to lend their aid in exposing all sue}) dishonest practices, in order that justice may be done.— Those who possess this work, m-iy, by examining it, be b.^ta detect any improper deviations therefrom; and they are ass wed