The complete herbalist, or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies
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In addition to publishing this popular botanic medical text, O. Phelps Brown made and marketed proprietary medicines, such as the "Magic Assimilant" (boneset, chamomile blossoms, smartweed, vervain, and whiskey) for fits and indigestion. He also provided medical consultation by mail: "I desire all invalids to explain in full the symptoms under which they have suffered, and to detail as nearly as they can, when and how the disease was contracted…. I make no charge for consultation, either in office, or by letter. Express and mail facilities are now so perfect that medicines can be daily, safely and cheaply transported from my office to the remotest localities." Title page of O. Phelps Brown's The complete herbalist, or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies, and frontispiece showing colored illustrations of the dandelion, daisy, and elecampane plants
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