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802. The American herbal, or materia medica: wherein the virtues of the mineral, vegetable, and animal productions of North and South America are laid open, so far as they are known ; and their uses in the practice of physic and surgery exhibited ; comprehending an account of a large number of new medical discoveries and improvements, which are compiled from the best authorities

805. Aristotle's master-piece, completed in two parts: the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof : treating the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches : signs of insufficiency in men or woman : of the infusion of the soul : of the likeness of children to parents : of monstrous births : the cause and cure of the green sickness : a discourse on virginity : organs of generation in women, and the fabric of the womb : the use and action of the genitals : signs of conception, and whether a male or female, with a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation : and the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. : the second part being a private looking glass for the female sex : treating of various maladies of the womb, and of all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each : the whole being more correct than any thing of the kind hitherto published

808. Sailor's physician, exhibiting the symptoms, causes and treatment of diseases incident to seamen and passengers in merchant vessels: with directions for preserving their health in sickly climates ; intended to afford medical advice to such persons while at sea, where a physician cannot be consulted

809. A treatise on the management of pregnant and lying in women: and the means of curing, but more especially of preventing the principal disorders to which they are liable ; together with some new directions concerning the delivery of the child and placenta in natural births ; illustrated with cases

810. The family doctor, or, The home book of health and medicine: a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including an account of the nature and properties of remedies, the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition