(MEDICINE) Rishel Jonas The Indian Physician Containing a Ne

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(MEDICINE.) Rishel, Jonas. The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice Founded on Medical Plants. 12mo, contemporary 1/2 calf, minor wear; foxing, marginal dampstaining; later inscriptions on endpapers. New Berlin, PA: Joseph Miller, 1828

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first edition. One of the earlier of the 19th-century medical texts purporting to draw on American Indian traditional healing practices. It was issued in response to the perceived "inattentiveness of many who profess to prescribe aid to the sick" (page iii). Among the testimonials is a man whose wife nearly died after being treated with large doses of mercury, but was saved by Rishel's "steam and vegetable medicine" (page viii). Shaw & Shoemaker 35045. None known at auction since 1976 (Swann sale, 28 October 1976, lot 292).