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.
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MADAME YOUNG, M. D.
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 US STRUCTURE.
DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO HER SEX.
ILLUSTRATED WITH DESCRIPTIVE ENGRAVINGS.
I’ll be as happy as my fortune will permit, and make others so, if I can.
ROCHESTER, N.Y.: PRESS OF A. STRONG & CO., DEMOCRAT AND AMERICAN OFFICE. 1858.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858 BY AMELIA YOUNG, In the Clerk’s Office of the Northern District of New York.
STEREOTYPED BY CHAS. H. M’DONELL, ROCHESTER. N. Y.
ERRATA. —The two line paragraph near top of page 17, should follow the fourth paragraph on page 16,—“for children, in coughs and costiveness, &c.,” should be followed by “the above is also very good for children, &c.”
Amelia Young
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INDEX.
PREFACE.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FŒTUS.
PERIOD OF GESTATION.
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.
RECIPES.
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.
MISCELLANY.
TYPHOID FEVER.
BATHING.
HERB TEA.
PREJUDICE.
RHEUMATISM—ITS CAUSES.
THE INFLUENCE OF OPIUM.
THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
THE MOUTH.
THE STOMACH.
THE LIVER.
THE BOWELS.
MASTICATION.
CHYMIFICATION.
CHYLIFACTION.
EVACUATION.
GENERAL REMARKS.
THE DIET OF CHILDREN.
REMARKS ON FOOD.
SYNONYMS.
ORDINARY EXTRACTS.
DOUBLE DISTILLED AND FRAGRANT WATERS.
OINTMENTS.
PROPERTIES EXPLAINED.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
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