The Botanico Medical Reference Book: Comprising the Fundamental Principles of Life, the True Theory of Fever and Inflammation . Also the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Upon Botanico-Medical Principles, a Materia Medica, Containing a Description of the Various Articles Used. Pharmacy--Teaching.

The Botanico Medical Reference Book: Comprising The Fundamental Principles Of Life, The True Theory Of Fever And Inflammation. Also The Theory And Practice Of Medicine, Upon Botanico-Medical Principles, A Materia Medica, Containing A Description Of The Various Articles Used. Pharmacy--Teaching". This nineteenth-century American botanic medical manual presents a Thomsonian, vitality-based approach to diagnosis and home-based treatment. It documents native plants with full descriptions, habitats, flowering and harvest timing, and a comprehensive materia medica of tonics, astringents, diaphoretics, nervines, emmenagogues, vermifuges, laxatives, and other categories. Each entry notes therapeutic properties and internal and external applications, and the book offers extracts, powders, pills, tinctures, syrups, and compound formulations (such as Thomson’s Spice Bitters and Ladies’ Spice Bitters) along with explicit dosing guidance. Practical methodologies for gathering, drying, grinding, and preserving plants are emphasized, as is quality control and self-preparation. The text combines ethnobotany with a domestic pharmacopoeia, intended for physicians, apothecaries, and educated laypeople, and it outlines methods of steam baths, poultices, enemas, and other therapies. The result is a holistic catalog of American flora-as-medicine, organized by therapeutic class and designed to empower family and clinical care.