Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health : but particularly calculated for those, who are the most unlikely to be provided in time with the best assistance, in acute diseases, or upon any inward or outward accident. : With a table of the most cheap, yet effectual remedies, and the plainest directions for preparing them readily. / Translated from the French edition of Dr. Tissot's Avis au peuple, &c. Printed at Lyons; with all the notes in the first English edition, and a very few additional ones. By J. Kirkpatrick, M.D. ; To which is added, The art of preserving health: containing the most important rules recommended by physicians and philosophers for the preservation of health in the several periods and circumstances of life: together with the reasons on which these rules are founded. By J. Mackenzie, M.D. ; [Two lines from Proverbs] ; Volume I[-II].
| Author/creator | Tissot, S. A. D. |
| Other author | Kirkpatrick, J. (James), approximately 1696-1770, translator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London [i.e., Boston] : Printed [by Mein and Fleeming], In the year MDCCLXVII. [1767] |
| Description | 2 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41772. ^A478749 |
| General note | A false imprint was used by Mein and Fleeming, probably on the supposition that foreign publications would sell more readily. Cf. Alden, J.E. "A note on Tissot's 'Advice to the people,' London, 1767." PBSA 34 (1940): 262-266. |
| General note | Vol. 1: xxiv, [6], 265, [1] p.; v. 2: [6], 254 p. |
| General note | "The history of health, and the art of preserving it ... By James Mackenzie, M.D. ..."--v. 2, p. [197]-254, with separate title page. |
| References | Bristol B2822 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 41772 |
| References | Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1912 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41772). |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |