1862 Domestic Physician by John Gunn | Medicine for Poor Herbal Homeopathy
John C Gunn’s “Domestic Medicine” is a mid-19th-century medical treatise written for at-home healthcare. Like other mid-century health books, this work was specifically designed to provide practical treatments for disease and injury. Gunn notes health benefits for various roots and herbs and discusses their medicinal properties and does so in a “free from doctor terms” style for the “benefit of families”, per the title.
This 1862 “new” edition contains numerous full-page illustrations – the views of the human skeleton are particularly desirable!
Item number: #27723
Price: $499
1862 Domestic Physician by John Gunn | Medicine for Poor Herbal Homeopathy
John C Gunn’s “Domestic Medicine” is a mid-19th-century medical treatise written for at-home healthcare. Like other mid-century health books, this work was specifically designed to provide practical treatments for disease and injury. Gunn notes health benefits for various roots and herbs and discusses their medicinal properties and does so in a “free from doctor terms” style for the “benefit of families”, per the title.
This 1862 “new” edition contains numerous full-page illustrations – the views of the human skeleton are particularly desirable!
Item number: #27723
Price: $499
GUNN, John
Gunn’s new domestic physician: or, Home book of health ..
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Keys & Co., 1862.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [4], 5-1046, [2]
- Provenance: Handwritten – Chas. C. Hardy, [Rutland], 1862
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~10in X 6.5in X 3.5in (25cm x 16.5cm x 9cm)
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Category
Medicine & Science
Authors
GUNN, John
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete