The New York Tribune says:— "Our Home Pliysician" is a well-prepared 

 resume of tlie chief facts and methods of treatment that are known to modern medicine. 

 Dr. Beard lias brought to his task intelligent zeal, an unusual candor, and a knowledge 

 of what is known in his profession. Whether for the rules of health or the emergencies 

 of illness, this book is a comprehensive, comprehensible and trustworthy vade mecum. 

 As a compend of the theory and practice of medicine, it is the best that we know. 



The Scientific American (Ne^v York) says:— The volume is a very large 

 one, with numerous illustrations. We have carefully examined it, and do not hesitate to 

 pronounce it one of great value to every family in the land. 



The New York Evening Post says;— Dr. Beard has been assisted in this 

 work by a number of eminent men, and has succeeded in making a popular treatise on 

 the science of medicine very far superior to any other in existence. "Our Home 

 Physician" may be confidently recommended to those who are seeking such information, 

 as containing all that any unprofessional man can need or care to learn of medical science. 



The Rural New Yorker says :— It is a live work, treating of the various 

 functions of the body, the different forms of disease, and the varied methods of treatment 

 in the light of all the latest medical knowledge. It is comprehensive, clear, simple, 

 practical. 



The Rochester Express says:— This is decidedly the best and most sensible 

 work on health and disease that has ever been published in this country. It is the most 

 complete and reliable medical guide ever oS'ered to the American public, and we have no 

 hesitation in saying one should be in every family. 



The Rochester Democrat says :— The labor of the author has been immense. 

 The result is a work which, in usefulness, cannot be equaled in medical literature. 

 A thoroughly reliable medical guide in a family is, beyond all things, next to the Bible, 

 desirable. 



The Rochester Chronicle says:— After a careful examination of this book, 

 we are saiistied tliat it is one of the most valuable of its class ever published. It should 

 be in the possession of every family, and carefully studied by all. 



The Christian Advocate says:— After examining the book with some care, 

 we give it our heartiest commendation. It supplies a real want among the people, and, 

 as soon as known, will find its way into thousands of households in all parts of the 

 country. By all odds, it is the best book of its class before the public. 



The Methodist says:— It is a volume that should be found in every home in the 

 country. The book treats comprehensively the various questions that come within its 

 range. It is a work which we take great pleasure in commending. 



The N. Y. Evening ITIail says:— It is perhaps the most comprehensive and 

 complete jiopular medical work ever published. Its author is a writer and a physician 

 of the most liberal medical views. 



The Cincinnati Commercial says :— We know of no popular work that has 

 received such hearty endorsements by j)hysicians of eminence. It is undoubtedly one 

 of the best for popular use ever brought to the notice of the public. 



The Cincinnati Gazette says:— It has the endorsement of the physicians of 

 Cincinnati, and is certainly one of the most comprehensive, minute and trustworthy 

 guides fur the preservation of health and cure of diseases that any family could possess. 



The Hearth and Home says :— A careful examination has satisfied us that this 

 is a work of real worth. It is clear, straightforward and comprehensive, and is the 

 product of a scientific and experienced author. 



The Chicago Evening Journal says;— This is a compendious and useful 

 work, judging from the many testimonials of eminent physicians. 



The New Haven Journal and Courier says ;— It contains amass of information 

 upon topics with which all, and especially heads of families, should be familiar. It points 

 out tlio nature of diseases, their sj-mptoms of approach, and the proper method of 

 treatment. We advise all to whom it is shown to give it a careful examination. 



The Ne-*v Haven Register says :— There is no pretence that this book will make 

 every reader his or her own physician; but there are many occasions when a little 

 medical knowledge, such as can be obtained in this volume, would be the means of saving 

 life. 



