[Rarebooks] FS: "The Planter's and Mariner's Medical Companion" Philadelphia: 1807

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(MEDICINE) Ewell, James. THE PLANTER'S AND MARINER'S MEDICAL COMPANION:
Treating, According to the Most Successful Practice, I. The Diseases
Common to Warm Climates and on Ship Board. II. Common Cases in Surgery,
as Fractures, Dislocations, &c. &c. III. The Complaints Peculiar to
Women and Children. To Which Are Subjoined, a Dispensatory, Shewing How
to Prepare and Administer Family Medicines, and a Glossary...
Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren. 1807. First edition.
xii,(4),(xiv)-xvi, 328pp. Index and Glossary. Plus 1 page of a
Philadelphia druggists ads. Cont. sheep, worn & rubbed, red calf spine
label. Front hinge quite rubbed & chipped but still holding nicely.
Text foxing. Cont. ownership signature at head of title.    $400.00
This book, dedicated to President Thomas Jefferson, was widely sold in
the South and West and ran into 10 editions. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
(1807) #12527.

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