[Rarebooks] FS: AMERICAN BOTANIST, 1824, with Native American recipes, cures, etc, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $550 NET

MONROE, John. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST, AND FAMILY PHYSICIAN ... A LARGE 
NUMBER OF INDIAN DISCOVERIES IN THE MEDICAL ART NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. 
Wheelock, Vt: Jonathan Morrison, 1824. First Edition. Compiled by Silas 
Gaskill. Two volumes in one: 203 pages, second volume with separate 
title page. Contemporary full calf binding with leather spine label. The 
first part, (i)-120, provides an alphabetical listing of American plants 
and animals with a short description of each one's properties and 
medicinal uses. Volume 2, pp. 123-177, presents cures and treatments, 
followed by indexes for both books. The appendix, pp. 178-203, is 
titled, "On the General Causes of Diseases." In his preface Monroe 
describes how he learned Indian methods of treating disorders from a 
native Indian who had been "bred a physician in the medical department 
of the Pennsylvania University." A fascinating list of early American 
recipes and cures including the use of bear oil among pregnant Native 
Americans; dog oil for burns; earth worms dissolved in sugar for stiff 
joints; ginseng for the stomach; milk "sucked from the breast of a 
middle aged woman, of good habit, who lives temperately, and uses 
moderate exercise" for debility; rattlesnake oil for deafness; and much 
more. Sabin 50025; Shaw & Shoemaker 17194. One leaf with long tear in 
gutter with no loss; some chipping to margins of other pages. Some 
pencil scribbling on the title page and a few other pages. Occasional 
stain but generally clean. Joints split but covers are still tight. 
Quite Good and scarce. (#010339)        $800.00

www.charlesagvent.com/shop/agvent/010339.html

-- 
All books subject to prior sale. Cash with order; institutions may be 
billed. Postage additional: $10.00 for the first item; $5.00 for each 
thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania 
residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and 
Discover accepted. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for 
any reason provided they are in the same condition as sent and prior 
notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value. We carry a 
diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century 
Literary First Editions, Signed Books, Presidential Autographs, 
Illustrated Books, and the world's largest inventory of Limited Editions 
Club books. *We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be 
members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and 
the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).* Please feel 
free to contact us with any wants or offerings. Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT

291 Linden Road

Mertztown, PA 19539-8750

610-682-4750

info at charlesagvent.com

Please visit our shop: http://www.charlesagvent.com