Madame Young’s

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Author

Young, Amelia

Title

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.

Credits

Produced by MFR, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RC: Medicine: Internal medicine

Subject

Women physicians

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53875

Release Date

January 3, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MADAME YOUNG’S GUIDE TO HEALTH;
2. 2.INDEX.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.DEVELOPMENT OF THE FŒTUS.
5. 5.PERIOD OF GESTATION.
6. 6.FAMILY HERBAL. — THOROUGHWORT — PEACH LEAVES AND TWIGS — BALMORRY, OR SNAKEHEAD. — ANGELICA — SUMMER SAVORY, — PRICKLY ASH. — EVERGREEN, OR WINTERGREEN. — ROSE. — PENNYROYAL. — BLUE FLAG. — BEGGAR LICE. — SINGLE-CELLED BERRY. — DRAGON’S CLAW, OR FEVER ROOT. — BLACK ALDER — SOUTHERN WOOD, OR OLD MAN. — BLACK MUSTARD SEED. — WHITE MUSTARD SEED. — CATNIP. — GARDEN LEAK. — JACOB’S LADDER. — UVA URSA LEAVES — SPEARMINT — MASTERWORT. — MARSH ROSE MOSS. — SUCCORY. — BLACK SNAKE ROOT. — WILD POPLAR BARK. — DANDELION. — VERVAIN. — CROSSWORT. — FUMITORY — QUEEN OF THE MEADOW. — BITTER ROOT, OR AMERICAN IPECACUANHA. — LOBELIA, — RED RASPBERRY. — HOPS. — MAIDEN HAIR. — HUCKLEBERRY, OR WHORTLEBERRY. — FIR BALSAM. — CAMOMILE. — CARROT SEED. — CARAWAY SEED. — CELANDINE. — PILLWORT. — CRANESBILL. — DWARF ALDER. — SLIPPERY ELM. — ELECAMPANE. — WHITE BRYONY. — VIRGIN’S BOWER. — MILK, OR SILK WEED. — MILKWEED — SASSAFRAS BARK. — SARSAPARILLA ROOT. — MAY WEED. — CANADA SNAKE ROOT. — COHOSH ROOT. — BETH, OR PAPPOOSE ROOT. — SWEET FERN, — NETTLES. — BLOOD ROOT, OR DRAGON’S CLAW. — BURDOCK ROOT. — INDIAN TURNIP. — UNICORN ROOT. — SNAKEWEED. — POKE ROOT, OR PIGEON BERRY. — SCOKE ROOT. — WATER FENNEL. — MARSH MALLOW. — WHITE OAK. — OATS. — GOLDEN ROD. — PARSLEY. — GOLDEN SEAL. — ICE PLANT. — STONE ROOT. — BUCKTHORN. — WORMWOOD. — WATER TREFOIL. — POND LILY. — MADDER. — PRICKLY ASH TEA. — GOOSEBERRY. — TAMARACK. — HEMLOCK. — CHICKWEED. — SPIKENARD. — MALE FERN. — SWEET FERN. — BITTER SWEET. — COMFREY. — FOX GLOVE. — SENNA. — AVENS. — GARDEN PÆONIE.
7. 7.RECIPES.
8. 8.PHYSIOLOGY. — FORMATION OF THE CHEST. — THE DIAPHRAGM. — THE GULLET. — THE LIVER. — THE ABDOMEN. — THE KIDNEYS. — BASKET OF THE HIPS. — THE WOMB AND ITS APPENDAGES. — THE OVARIES. — DISEASE OF THE WOMB. — ABORTION. — MASTURBATION.
9. 9.ROOTS AND HERBS. HOW TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE THEM.
10. 10.MISCELLANY. — TYPHOID FEVER. — BATHING. — HERB TEA.
11. 11.PREJUDICE.
12. 12.RHEUMATISM—ITS CAUSES.
13. 13.THE INFLUENCE OF OPIUM.
14. 14.THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. — THE MOUTH. — THE STOMACH. — THE LIVER. — THE BOWELS. — MASTICATION. — CHYMIFICATION. — CHYLIFACTION. — EVACUATION.
15. 15.TO MOTHERS, IN REGARD TO INFANTS.
16. 16.GENERAL REMARKS.
17. 17.THE DIET OF CHILDREN.
18. 18.REMARKS ON FOOD.
19. 19.TABLE, SHOWING THE MEAN TIME OF DIGESTION OF THE DIFFERENT ARTICLES OF DIET. — Inferences from Dr. Beaumont’s Experiments and Observations, given in his own words.
20. 20.CATALOGUE OF HERBS, MEDICINAL PLANTS, &c.
21. 21.SYNONYMS.
22. 22.ORDINARY EXTRACTS.
23. 23.DOUBLE DISTILLED AND FRAGRANT WATERS. — OINTMENTS.
24. 24.PROPERTIES EXPLAINED.
25. 25.RECOMMENDATIONS.
26. 26.Transcriber's Notes

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