Editions Note: Seven extant editions plus a translation: two in 1734 (a named second edition from Williamsburg, VA, and a named third edition from Philadelphia), two in 1736 (a "third edition, with additions" from Williamsburg, VA, and a named fourth edition from Philadelphia), one in 1737 (Philadelphia), a 1751 "fourth edition, with additions" from Williamsburg, VA, and a named fourth edition printed in Richmond, VA, in 1802. There is also a German translation printed in Philadelphia in 1749 by Benjamin Franklin (who had printed the earlier Philadelphia editions) entitled, Ein jeder sein eigner doctor, oder des armen land-manns artzt... Authorship attributed (published anonymously). Often described as the first American domestic medical manual. Notable for Tennent's controversial recommendation of Native American herbal remedies. The named second edition from 1734 is the earliest surviving edition. Widely reprinted with other texts: for example, in several editions of George Fisher's The American instructor : or, young man’s best companion : containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick ... published between roughly 1748 and 1779.