The ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

King, John and Robert S. Newton

Edité par H. W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati, 1852

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The ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by John King, M. D. and Robert S. Newton, M. D.- 1852- H. W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati- ORIGINAL 1852 FIRST EDITION (with 1852 date on title page)- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is ORIGINAL brown LEATHER HARDCOVER with GOLD TITLES in BLACK LEATHER BLOCKING on spine (ALL GOLD is present with LUSTER and lightly rubbed); binding and text are generally very neat, clean and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light wear for age and normal age coloration . Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the RARE, ORIGINAL 1852 FIRST EDITION… the FIRST Eclectic PHARMACOPOEIA… EARLY HERBALISM / BOTANICAL THERAPEUTICS… 708 pages… ****PART I**** contains an IN-DEPTH and COMPREHENSIVE 437 page A through Z description of EACH BOTANICAL detailing the HISTORY… PROPERTIES and USES of EACH and more… ****PART II**** details the COLLECTION and PRESERVATION OF PLANTS along with RARE DETAILED RECIPES for ALL MANNER of EXTRACTS… SYRUPS… TINCTURES… OINTMENTS… PILLS… POWDERS… SODAS… VINEGARS… PLASTERS… and much more… POPULAR in the latter half of the 1800s, ECLECTIC MEDICINE was a branch of AMERICAN MEDICINE which made use of BOTANICAL HERBAL REMEDIES along with OTHER SUBSTANCES and PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICES… and was part of a large, POPULIST ANTI-REGULAR MEDICAL MOVEMENT in North America… JOHN KING was secretary of the FIRST National CONVENTION of REFORM MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS… Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the RARE, ORIGINAL 1852 FIRST EDITION… 708 pages with EXTENSIVE APPENDIX and EXTENSIVE INDEX at rear… EARLY HERBALISM… BOTANICAL THERAPEUTICS….

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• Titre: The ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• Éditeur: H. W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati
• Date de parution: 1852
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good