The Planter's and Mariner's Medical Companion
Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, 1807. First Edition. Leather Hardcover.
Leather bound with traces of gilt to the spine and decorative marbled endpapers, with leather spine title label. The volume displays some typical indications of age and wear, including heavy shelf-wear and rubbing, with bumping and loss to the spine and board edges. The hinges are cracked, with the front partially detached. The text block is sound. Text is clear and legible through moderate/heavy age toning/foxing.
8vo; 8.75 inches tall by 5.5 inches
xi, [6], xiv-xvi, 328, [index] [advert] [2] p.
Glossary and index
There is extensive faint writing to the endpapers by previous owners. On the top of title page is written // Robert Alexander’s book purchase of Doctor. James Ewell April 7th 1808. James Hayes Bought at Rbt. Alexanders Sale Dec the 14th [June] 1812 //
"Recommendations. In testimony of the merits of this work": [4] p. inserted between p. [xii] and [xiii]
With a final leaf of advertisements: "Medicine chests ... containing all the ... articles, recommended in this work ... [to] be had of Robert Harris, Jun., druggist ... Philadelphia": p. [329]
Very Good / No Dust Jacket Issued. Item #15388
First Published in Philadelphia, 1807, it was widely sold in the South and West, and ran into ten editions. With its pleasant mingling of poetical quotations, anecdotes, sentiment and sound practical counsel, it was a valued possession on isolated plantations of the time. [DAB]
The author discusses topics such as: quinsy, putrid sore throat, mumps, pleurisy, rheumatism, dropsy, gout, Guinea worm, rickets, dispensatory receipts, and much more.
The Planter's and Mariner's Medical Companion was dedicated to Thomas Jefferson who had encouraged Ewell to go to Savannah and the author was the first to inoculate in Georgia.
FULL TITLE: 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, etc., etc., 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, Giving an Explanation of Technical Terms
REF: DAB; Jeff 127; Shaw & Shoemaker; 12527; De Renne Vol. 1. 328; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 742
Price: $495.00
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