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The town and country friend and physician : or an affectionate address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease on its first appearance: supposed to be delivered by a country physician to the circle of his friends and patients on his retiring from business: with cursory observations on the treatment of children, &c. intended for the promotion of domestic happiness. In two parts.

Author/creator Parkinson, James, 1755-1824
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : printed and sold by James Humphreys, 1803.
Descriptionviii, 108 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Laupus has: Early American medical imprints ; reel 71, no. 1447
Laupus has: Early American medical imprints ; reel 71, no. 1447. UNAUTHORIZED
General note"Advertisement" states: The first part ... is nearly a copy of a late celebrated publication, intitled T̓he Villager's friend and physician ̓and is from the pen of that worthy philanthropist, Mr. James Parkinson, of London. The second part ... consist[s] of a selection of short extracts from some other late celebrated publications, on the means of preserving health and prolonging life. Advertisement is dated April, 1803.
General noteParkinsons̓ work was published in London in 1800. The second part (here first published?) is fictionally addressed to his friends by the same country physician.
Reproduction noteMicrofilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1973. (Early American medical imprints, 1668-1820, reel 71, no. 1447).

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Laupus Microfilm EAMI 71 ✔ Available