Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796–1850

Title: The North American Indian Doctor, Nature's Method of Curing and Preventing Disease According to the Indians; Containing a Catechism of Anatomy and Physiology of between Five and Six Hundred Questions, with Their Correct Answers, Selected from the Best Authors in the World, for New Beginners, or Those Who Wish to Study the Science of Anatomy. Also, A Treatise on Midwifery, with the Treatment Necessary during Pregnancy. Also, A Materia Medica of Indian Remedies, or Vegetable Compounds, in the Form of Recipes for more than Two Hundred and Fifty Diseases, with a Description of Such Plants as Are not Common. By Robert D. Foster, Botanic Physician.

Imprint: Canton, Ohio: Printed for the Author, by Smith and Bevin., 1838.

Copyright: "COPY RIGHT SECURED ACCORDING TO LAW."

Description: 154, [2] p. ; 16 cm.

Notes:

Foster's "To The Reader" on the next to the last page is informative, entertaining and undoubtedly intended to help the sales of the book. He enjoins the reader to follow carefully his six rules when using this first edition. First, he cautions one not to denounce anything before it is tried; second, to follow the directions exactly; third, to share not the book "as every person is able to buy and have one of his or her own;" fourth, to give the remedies time to work before trying another; fifth, to give aid to the poor who are sick at no charge; and lastly, to further the general reformation in medical science through the strict adherence to the directions in the book which will result in good health by which means the reader will be able "to slide gently along the channel of life, and live to be a comfort and support to their families, and be thankful that they ever saw the little book, entitled, the North American Indian Doctor."

"Index."--p. [56].

Subjects:

• Anatomy.
• Ethnobotany, North America.
• Indians of North America, Ethnobotany.
• Indians of North America, Medicine, Formulae, Receipts, Prescriptions.
• Materia Medica.
• Medicinal Plants.
• Medicine, Formulae, Receipts, Prescriptions.
• Obstetrics.
• Physiology.
• Questions and Answers.

Library Locations:

• Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
• American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
• Clarke Historical Library, Mt. Pleasant, MI
• College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA
• DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI
• Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, IL
• Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN
• Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
• Kent State University, Kent, OH
• Miami University, Oxford, OH
• Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
• National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
• New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
• Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL
• Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, PA
• University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, MI
• University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine, Madison, WI
• Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH
• Yale University, New Haven, CT

Call numbers:

References

AI 50367. Morgan, R.P. Ohio, 295.