The ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

King, John and Robert S. Newton

Published by H. W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati, 1852

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The ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by John King, M. D. and Robert S. Newton, M. D.- 1852- H. W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati- ORIGINAL 1852 FIRST EDITION (with 1852 date on title page)- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is ORIGINAL brown LEATHER HARDCOVER with GOLD TITLES in BLACK LEATHER BLOCKING on spine (ALL GOLD is present with LUSTER and lightly rubbed); binding and text are generally very neat, clean and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light wear for age and normal age coloration . Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the RARE, ORIGINAL 1852 FIRST EDITION� the FIRST Eclectic PHARMACOPOEIA� EARLY HERBALISM / BOTANICAL THERAPEUTICS� 708 pages� ****PART I**** contains an IN-DEPTH and COMPREHENSIVE 437 page A through Z description of EACH BOTANICAL detailing the HISTORY� PROPERTIES and USES of EACH and more� ****PART II**** details the COLLECTION and PRESERVATION OF PLANTS along with RARE DETAILED RECIPES for ALL MANNER of EXTRACTS� SYRUPS� TINCTURES� OINTMENTS� PILLS� POWDERS� SODAS� VINEGARS� PLASTERS� and much more� POPULAR in the latter half of the 1800s, ECLECTIC MEDICINE was a branch of AMERICAN MEDICINE which made use of BOTANICAL HERBAL REMEDIES along with OTHER SUBSTANCES and PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICES� and was part of a large, POPULIST ANTI-REGULAR MEDICAL MOVEMENT in North America� JOHN KING was secretary of the FIRST National CONVENTION of REFORM MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS� Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the RARE, ORIGINAL 1852 FIRST EDITION� 708 pages with EXTENSIVE APPENDIX and EXTENSIVE INDEX at rear� EARLY HERBALISM� BOTANICAL THERAPEUTICS�. Seller Inventory # BK2012243

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Title: The ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY of the UNITED ...

Publisher: H. W. Derby & Co., Cincinnati

Publication Date: 1852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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