This book may have been the most widely used herb book of its era in Great Britain.
Michael’s Commentary: A peculiar mixture of American Thomsonian and physiomedicalist philosophy, “Muscular Christianity,” and common sense, the Foxes (three generations were involved in the various editions) took their effort seriously, similar in intent to the American populist medical “everyman” manuals of the second half of the 19th century. It is a refreshing glimpse into late Victorian alternative, and by inference, Standard Practice Medicine.
Part 1 – Materia Medica, Health – 91 page bookmarked .pdf file, 1M, 70 illustrations
Part 2 – Diseases – Their Cause and Cure, Formulas, etc. – 148 page bookmarked .pdf file, 970K