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NEW €UIDE TO HEALTH; OR, BOT^JYIC FAMILY PHYSICMJir, CONTAINING -A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PRACTICE, UPON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW ; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEGETABLES MADE USE OF, a:^d directions for pueparing and ADMINISTERING THEM TO CURE DISEASE. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED OF THE LIFE AND MEDICAL DISCOVERIES OF THE AUTHOR. BY SAMUEL THOMSON. BOSTOV; PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY K. G. HOUSE, JVo. 18, CornhilL fi.

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, to loit : District Ckrk'^s Office^ BEit remembfred, that on the thirtieth day of November, A. T). 18;2, in the forty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, Stiniue! Thomson, of the said District, has deposited in this oiBce the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author and proprietor, in the words following-, to wit; New Guide to Ha 1th ; or. Botanic Family Phypician. Containing a complete System of Practice, upon a plan entirely new ; with a description of the vegetables made use of, av'd directions for preparing and administering them to ctire disease. To which is prefixed a narrative of .the Life and Medical Discoveries of the author. Hy Samuel Thomson. In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled " An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing^ the Copies of Maps, < harts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such C pies, during the time therein mentioned ;" and also to an Act entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, enti tl^d an Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securuig the Copies of Mnps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Propric-' tors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned ; and extenJinif thf- Benefits then of to t;;p Arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historica' and olh»-r Prints. JOHN W. DAVIS, CUrkofMms. District,

TO THE PUBLIC. The preparing the folloxving work for the press has been a task of much difficulty and labour, for to comprise in a short compass and to convej a correct understanding of the subject, from such a mass of materials as I have been enabled to collect bj thirty years practice, is a business of no small magnitude. The plari that has been adopted I tiioug'htthe best to giv^e a correct knowledge of my system of practice; and am confident that the descriptions and directions are sufficiently explained to be understood by all tho-^e who talio an interest in this important suljjcct. Much more mig'ht have b-^eii written ; but the main object has been to confine it to the practice, and nothing more is stated -of the theory, than what was necessary to giv^e a general knowledo'e of the system. If any errors should be discovered it is hoped that they will be viewed with candour; for in tirst publishing a work, such things are to be expected ; but much care has been taken that thcra should be no error, which wouJu cause any mistake in the practice, or })reparing the medicine. Many persons are practising by my system, who are in the habit of pretending that they have made great improvements, and in some instances it is well known that poisonous drugs have been made use of under the name of my medicine, which has counteracted its operation, and thereby tended to destroy the confidence of the public in my system of practice, this has never becyi authorized by me. The public arc therefore cautioned'