An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

WESLEY, John

2 entries
  • 9149

Primitive physick; or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases.

London, 1747.

Wesley, an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist, was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. Digital facsimile of the 14th American edition, Philadelphia, 1770, from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: Household or Self-Help Medicine, Popularization of Medicine, RELIGION & Medicine & the Life Sciences
  • 13897

The family adviser, or, a plain and modern practice of physic; calculated for the use of private families, and accommodated to the diseases of America. By Henry Wilkins. To which is annexed, Mr. Wesley's Primitive physic, revised.

Philadelphia: Printed by Parry Hall, 1793.

Wilkins' book intended for Methodists was issued with the 23rd edition of Wesley's work. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.



Subjects: Household or Self-Help Medicine, RELIGION & Medicine & the Life Sciences