The Reformed Botanic Practice; and the Nature and Cause of Disease Clearly Explained


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"We have laid before the public in the following work, the American Reformed Practice of Medicine ... as ... commenced by Samuel Thompson [that is, Thomson]. ... We have endeavoured to lay before the reader whatever is of practical value in 'Thompson's patent practice,' and also the various improvements which have been made by succeeding practitioners ... But, in doing so, we have been compelled to abandon the theory of life and disease as advocated by Thompsonian practitioners generally ... expressing our obligations to Drs. Beach, Mattson, Comfort, Curtis, Worthy, and others ... We are likewise indebted to several of our English physicians who have aimed at medical reform. ... In the Materia medica of this work, we have introduced a considerable number of the English herbs whose virtues have been well tested and proved."--Preface, pages iii-x.







Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice


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The potential benefits of plants and plant extracts in the treatment and possible prevention of many leading health concerns are historically well known and are becoming more widely studied and recognized within the medical community. It is these studies that led to the first compilation of new research developments, identifying new extracts and uses for plants in disease prevention and treatment. This major comprehensive reference work contains contributions from more than 150 clinical and academic experts covering topics such as treatments of cancer and cardiovascular diseases, as well as historical plant use by indigenous people supported by recent scientific studies. Authors review the safety and efficacy of botanical treatments while idenifying the sources, historical supportive data and mechanisms of action for emerging treatments. Written by researchers currently carrying out identification and biomedical testing, this is the most up to date text on the latest research from all over the world. It is an essential resource for health care practitioners and herbalists, as well as researcher, students and professionals in botany and alternative medicine.







The Botanic Physician, Being a Compendium of the Practice of Medicine, Upon Botanic Principles


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Excerpt from The Botanic Physician, Being a Compendium of the Practice of Medicine, Upon Botanic Principles: Containing All the Principal Branches Necessary to the Study of Medicine In this volume the Editor believes the reader will find sufficient to make him acquainted with all the essentials (in addition to a sound mind) necessary for a successful practitioner. Before and at the time of the first publication of this work, botanic practitioners were looked upon as a set of quacks, and laws were made and rigididly enforced against them; but men of standing have, one after another, come into the system, and the practice has risen to a higher eminence. Scientific works have been written which have been and are looked upon as sound and practical. It is true that the whole profession cannot see alike in these matters, yet we should not find fault with each other for Opinion's sake. For we all have the same object (the public good) in view, therefore, let us reason together that truth and justice may be established. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.