The ship and shore physician and surgeon / by William M. Cornell.

  • Cornell, William Mason, 1802-1895.
Date:
1858
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Credit: The ship and shore physician and surgeon / by William M. Cornell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE SHIP AND SHORE PHYSICIAN. For several years, the writer has been contemplating preparing this little work, and he knows of no cir- cumstances under which it could more favorably appear, than in the same volume, and directly following the valuable Primitive Physic, and the additions which he has made to that little work of the celebrated John Wesley. It is designed for that numerous class of useful persons who follow the seas, or, who are Pioneers in the settle- ment of new lands in the vast West, and who cannot readily obtain properly qualified, nor, indeed, any Physicians. It gives a brief description of the most common diseases, with their symptoms and treatment, and a domestic Dispensatory, in which may be found the remedies named under each disease. It is, also, designed that a medicine chest, containing the most useful medicines herein named, for ships and families, shall accompany the book, though it is not indispensable that they should go together. Besides, by being comprised in the same volume with the Primitive Physic, many of the remedies there named, both by Mr. W. and himself, can be available, also, for this work. Such a book seems pre-eminently needed. The Author. Boston, No. 630 Washington Street. June 20th, 1858.