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Ewell’s Medical companion.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 35, as above.
EWELL,
James.
The Planter’s and Mariner’s Medical Companion: treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The Diseases common
to warm Climates and on Ship Board. II. Common Cases in Surgery, as Fractures, Dislocations, &c. &c. III. The Complaints peculiar
to Women and Children. To which are subjoined, A Dispensatory, shewing how to prepare and administer Family Medicines, and
a Glossary, giving an explanation of Technical Terms. By James Ewell, Physician in Savannah . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
John Bioren,
1807.
RC81 .E916
First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 175 leaves.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue II, iv, 397.
Dedicated to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, with a long dedicatory epistle in which the author refers to the fact that Jefferson
was the early classmate and constant friend of his deceased father.
The author presented a copy of the book to Jefferson who wrote from Washington, March 1, 1808: “
I return you my thanks for the copy of the Medical Companion you have been so kind as to send me, and must particularly express
my sense of the favorable sentiments expressed towards me in the beginning of the work; especially too where it recalls to
my recollection the memory of your respectable father, who was the friend & companion of my youth, and for whom I retained
through life an affectionate attachment. the plan of your work is certainly excellent, and it’s execution, as far as I am
a judge, worthy of the plan. it brings within a moderate compass whatever is useful, levels it to ordinary comprehension,
and as a Manual will be a valuable possession to every family . . .
”
The
Medical Companion was not on the list of missing books supplied to
Milligan by Jefferson on March 28, but was one of the books bought for Jefferson by Milligan from
William F. Gray of Fredericksburg on May 6, 1815, after the sale but before the delivery of books to Congress. The book was billed to Jefferson by Milligan on July 31, price $
3.00.
James Ewell, 1773-1832, the brother of Thomas Ewell, q.v., is noted for having been the first to use ice internally in dysentery cases.
He established himself in Savannah, Georgia, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, and there introduced vaccination for small-pox.
His
Medical Companion was very popular and soon ran into ten editions.
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Astruc’s diseases of children.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 43, as above.
ASTRUC,
Jean.
A General and Compleat Treatise on all the Diseases incident to Children, from their Birth to the Age of Fifteen. With Particular
Instructions to tender Mothers, prudent Midwives, and careful Nurses. The whole made Familiar to every Capacity. By the Learned
Dr. John Astruc, Regius Professor of Medicine at Paris, and Chief Physician to his present Majesty the King of France, &c.
London: Printed for
John Nourse,
1746.
RJ44 .A85
8vo. 120 leaves, publisher’s advertisement on the last page.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, i, 659.
Bibliotheca Osleriana, 1854.
Not in Eloy,
Dictionnaire Historique de la Medicine.
Jean Astruc, 1684-1766, French physician and theologian. This appears to be the only edition of this book, and the original work from
which it is translated is not listed in the medical or other bibliographies and catalogues.
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