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Madame Young's Guide to Health / Her experience and practice for nearly forty years; a true family herbal, wherein is displayed the true properties and medical virtues of all the roots, herbs, &c., indigenous to the United States, and their combination in all the diseases the human body is heir to; also, an explanation of the human body, its liability to injuries through ignorance of its structure. Dedicated exclusively to her sex. cover

Madame Young's Guide to Health / Her experience and practice for nearly forty years; a true family herbal, wherein is displayed the true properties and medical virtues of all the roots, herbs, &c., indigenous to the United States, and their combination in all the diseases the human body is heir to; also, an explanation of the human body, its liability to injuries through ignorance of its structure. Dedicated exclusively to her sex.

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Practical 19th-century domestic medical manual and family herbal for women that blends accessible anatomy and physiology with guidance on pregnancy, child care, diet, and common illnesses. It catalogs indigenous roots and herbs, explains their properties, and gives recipes and preparations — tinctures, poultices, ointments, waters, and pills — for respiratory, digestive, rheumatic, menstrual, and skin conditions, plus fevers, convulsions, and wounds. Additional sections include tables on digestion and gestation, household remedies, procedural advice for bleeding and poultices, and an index of plants with synonyms and recommended uses.

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Title: Madame Young's Guide to Health

Author: Amelia Young

Release date: January 3, 2017 [eBook #53875]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s note: table of contents added by the transcriber.

INDEX.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FŒTUS.
PERIOD OF GESTATION.
FAMILY HERBAL.
RECIPES.
PHYSIOLOGY.
ROOTS AND HERBS.
MISCELLANY.
PREJUDICE.
RHEUMATISM—ITS CAUSES.
THE INFLUENCE OF OPIUM.
THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
TO MOTHERS,
GENERAL REMARKS.
THE DIET OF CHILDREN.
REMARKS ON FOOD.
TABLE, SHOWING THE MEAN TIME OF DIGESTION
Inferences from Dr. Beaumont’s Experiments and Observations, given in his own words.
CATALOGUE OF HERBS, MEDICINAL PLANTS, &c.
SYNONYMS.
ORDINARY EXTRACTS.
DOUBLE DISTILLED AND FRAGRANT WATERS.
PROPERTIES EXPLAINED.
RECOMMENDATIONS.

MADAME YOUNG, M. D.

MADAME YOUNG’S
GUIDE TO HEALTH;

HER EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE
FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS;

A TRUE
FAMILY HERBAL,
WHEREIN IS DISPLAYED THE TRUE PROPERTIES AND MEDICAL
VIRTUES OF ALL THE ROOTS, HERBS, &c., INDIGENOUS
TO THE UNITED STATES, AND THEIR COMBINATION
IN ALL THE DISEASES THE HUMAN
BODY IS HEIR TO; ALSO, AN

EXPLANATION OF THE HUMAN BODY,
ITS LIABILITY TO INJURIES THROUGH IGNORANCE
OF US STRUCTURE.

DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO HER SEX.

ILLUSTRATED WITH DESCRIPTIVE ENGRAVINGS.

I’ll be as happy as my fortune will permit, and make others so, if I can.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.:
PRESS OF A. STRONG & CO., DEMOCRAT AND AMERICAN OFFICE.
1858.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858
BY AMELIA YOUNG,
In the Clerk’s Office of the Northern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY
CHAS. H. M’DONELL,
ROCHESTER. N. Y.