Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. To which is now first added the following new treatises: sea-bathing, etc / By J. Baker.

  • Buchan, William, 1729-1805
Date:
1809
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Credit: Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. To which is now first added the following new treatises: sea-bathing, etc / By J. Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vers. ibid. And colds., 13. Rules for tlieir dress, ibid. Their food, 14. Reflections on the many evils they are exposed to, 439. Why their flrst disorders are In their bowels, 490. How- to cleanse their bowels, ibid. The meconium, 491. Thrush, ibid. Acidities, 492. Gripes, ibid. Galling and excoriations, 493 Stoppage of the nose, 494. Vomiting; ibid. Loosenessi 495. Eruptions, 497. Scabbed heads, 498. Chilblains, 499, The croup, 500. Teething, 502. Rickets, 504. Convulsions, 507. Water in thehei^d, 508. How to recover infants seem- ingly dead, 549. Ought never to sleep in the same beds with mothers or nurses, 553, note. Case of the recovery of an over- laid infant, 554. Case of an infant being seemingly killed by a convulsion fit, and recovered, ibid. See Children, infection, the danger of, incurred .by injudicious or unnecessary attendance on the sick, 97. And on funerals, 98. Is frequently imported, 100. Is spread by hospitals and jails being situated in the middle of populous towns, 101. How to prevent infec- tion in sick chambers, ibid. Physiciansliable to spread infection, ibia. note. In what respects the spreading of infection might be checked by the magistrate, 102. Bleeding and purging in- crease the danger of, by debilitating the body, 186. Small-pox, 195. Of the small-pox may be received again, 199, note. .Inflammations, how the laborious part of mankind expose them- selves to, 39. Proper treatment of, 315. of the bladder- See Bladder. ■ brain. See Brain. eves. See Eyes. intestines. See Intestines. kidneys. See Kidneys. liver. See Liver. ■ ———— lungs. See Peripneumony. ■ ——— stomach. Sec Stomach, ______ throat. See ^uinscy, • — womb. See IVontb. Inns, the great danger of meeting with damp beds In them, 118. The sheets in, how treated to save washing, ibid. Inoculation of the small-pox, more favourably received here than in neighbouring countries, 206. Cannot prove of general utility -while kept in the hands of a few, 207. No mystery in the pro- cess, ibid. May safely be. performed by parents or nurses, 208. Various methods of doing it, ibid. The clergy exhorted to re- move the prejudices against the operation, 310. Arguments cited from Dr. Mackenzie in favour of inoculation,ibid, wore. Ought to be rendered universal, 212. Means of extending the practice of, ibid. Two obstacles to the progress of, scafed, 214. Might be performed by clergymen, or bv parents themselves, 215. The proper season and age for perrorming it, 216. Will often mend the habit of body, 217, Necessary preparation and regimem for, ibid. Performed by the brahmins or priests of In- dia, 218. Their example recommended to the clergy of Eu- rope, ibid. Professional skill not necessary, 218. Encourage-