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 are now added, some important observations concerning sea-bathing, and the use of the mineral waters; with many other additions / by William Buchan.

  • Buchan William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1803
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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 are now added, some important observations concerning sea-bathing, and the use of the mineral waters; with many other additions / by William Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sivoeni^gs, the fevera] caufes of, defcribed, 412. Proper treatment of this diforder, Hid. 564. Cautions to perfons fubjeft to them, , 5^7. Sydenham, Dr. his method of treating fevers in children from teeth- ing, 716. Sympioms, difeafes better dlftinguiflied by, than by the fyftcmatical arrangement of, 129. The difp.-rences of fex, age, and conllitution, to be confidered, 130. Difeafes of the mind to be dillinguiOied from thofe of the body, 131. Syncope, proper treatment in, 564, Syrups, the general intention of, 695. How to make fjmple fyrup, and to modify it for particular purpofes, ibid. Tacitus, his remark on the degeneracy of the Roman ladies, 4, note. Tallow-chandlers, and others working on putrid animal fubllances, cautions to, 37. Tapping for the dropfy, a fafe and fimple operation, 356. Tar, Barbadoes, its efficacy in the nervous colic, 285. Tartar, (olUble, a good remedy for the jaundice, 351. Cream of, a good remedy in a dropfy, 355. And rheumatifm, 366. Tads, how to refiore the fenfeol, when injured, 434, Tailors, are expofed to injuries from breathing confined air, 46. Are fubjeft to confumptionp, ibid. note. Often lofe the ufe of their legs, 47. Hints of inftrutiion offered to them in regard to their health, 48. Tea, the cuftomary ufe of, injurious to female conflitotions, 7. De- ilroys theirdigcllive powers, a,nd produces hyflcrics, 61. The bad qualities of, principally owing to imprudence in the ufe of it, ibid. Green, chewing of, a remedy for the heart-burn, 394. Has a powerful tfffdl upon the nerves, ^04, note, is baa icr perfons troubled with flatulencies, 416. Occafions an unneceffary con- fumption of bread, 626. Bad effeds of an immoderate ufe of, 627. Teething, the diforders attending, 515. Regimen, and medical treat- ment in, ibid. Applications to the gums, and how to cut them, 515. Temperance, the parent of health, 90. • 1 j Tejticles, iwelled, tbecaufe of, 468. Regimen and medicine in, tbid. Treatment under a cancerous or fcrophulous habit, fW. Thirji, how it may be quenched when a perlon is hot, without danger, 125. intenfe, deflrudive of health, 50. Thrujh'm infants, ihe diforderand iis caufes deferibed, 5C5. Medi- cal treatment of, . , r f TinBures and cUxhs, the proper medicines to exhibit in the form or, 6q6. preparations of the aromatic tindure, ibtd. Compound tinaure of the bark, ihid. Volatile fostid tindiuie, ;7i^. Volatile tinaure of gum guaiacum, 697. Tinaure of black lieliibore, did. Aftringent tii.aure, ibid. Tinaure of myrih and a\oe^, tbid. 'linauit ol opium, or liquid laudanum, ibid. Tinauie of hiera picra.