[YELLOW FEVER]. [BARTGIS, Matthias]. NEUER Erfahrner, Amerikanischer, Haus- und Stallarzt, mit den Natürlichsten,

Friederich-Stadt [Frederick, MD]: Matthias Bartgis, 1794. 8vo. [16], 84, 36, [4] pp. Orig. calf-backed boards.

Brendle and Unger suggest that the publisher is both the publisher and translator. Additionally. they offer a detailed summary of the work: "It contains a short dissertation on various illnesses with numerous remedies under more than 150 headings; seventy for man and eighty for beast. The book is divided into ten sections, the second part with separate title page has domestic recipes for horses and cattle. The majority of the recipes are the conventional herb recipes of the time but there is an occasional 'sympathie' formula and page 57 has a written

'Zettlechen,' an abracadabra to be laid on the sick person as a cure for aque.

The book contains an account of the 'Pest' in Philadelphia in 1793. The translator of the books says he believes he has assembled and read everything published in English and German on the subject, gives the treatment of Dr. Rush and other physicians; despite which he says many thousands died, and then goes on to give what he calls 'Das guldene ey' (the golden egg) treatment, which he claims is the only infallible one; a quite lengthy formula with 'sympathie' characteristics" - Brendle and Unger G12.

Remarkably rare in commerce, not having been at auction since an Anderson sale in 1923.