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8. The Cherokee physician, or, Indian guide to health: comprising a brief view of anatomy, with general rules for preserving health without the use of medicines : the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, and means of prevention are explained in simple terms : it also contains a description of a variety of herbs and roots, many of which are not explained in any other book, the medicinal virtues of which have hitherto been unknown to the whites

9. An oration, delivered February 4, 1774, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia: containing, an enquiry into the natural history of medicine among the Indians in North-America, and a comparitive view of their diseases and remedies, with those of civilized nations ; together with an appendix, containing, proofs and illustrations

10. Dr. R. Greene's indianopathy, or science of Indian medicine: founded upon the "laws of nature," the principles of which were obtained by Dr. Greene in his travels among the Indians, whereby he is enabled to successfully treat cancers, tumors, scrofula, ulcers, and all chronic diseases