"New Guide to Health; or Botanic Family Physician. Containing a Complete System of Practice, on a Plan Entirely New" by Samuel Thomson, published by the author, Printed for the Author By J.Q. Adams, Printer, Boston, 1835.

This book is in two parts, separately paginated: "Narrative of the Life and Medical Discoveries of the Author" and "Description of Several Causes of Disease, Attended by the Author, and Mode of Treatment and Cure".

Hard boards, brown cloth, leather spine [wear and repairs: see photos]; 4.1/2" x 7"; frontispiece copper engraving [repair at the upper margin]; 228 including Index + 168 pages incl. Index; some foxing and soiling, very good condition.

Samuel Thomson (1769-1843) was a self-taught American herbalist and botanist, best known as the founder of the alternative system of medicine known as "Thomsonian Medicine", which enjoyed wide popularity in the United States during the 19th century.

Despite Thomson's popularity, some licensed doctors came to resent his work, and he was criticized for his techniques. On the one hand, some people who received his training broke with him and went on to pursue advanced medical education, founding physiomedicalism, while on the other hand, some of his former apprentices like Miler Comings, acknowledged him as an early great mentor. His detractors like John Brown accused him of lack of anatomical and physiological knowledge, and they attributed Thomson's downfall to a reluctance to interact more with doctors.

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