Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan ; With considerable additions and various notes by A.P. Buchan ... To which is added, a family herbal.

  • Buchan, William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan ; With considerable additions and various notes by A.P. Buchan ... To which is added, a family herbal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Entrails. See Intestines. Epilepsy, the disorder defined, 364. Its causes and symptoms, 365. Due regimen, ibid. Medical treatment, 366. Eruptions in children often free them from bad humors, but are mistaken and ill treated by nurses, 45. Ought never to be stopped without proper ad- vice, ibid. In fevers, how to be treated, 192. 198. 203. 205. On the face, remedy for, 337. note. In children, the causes of, 433. flow to cure, ibid. Erysipelas, a disorder incident to the laborious, 66. Its causes explained, and who most subject to it, 223. Its symptoms, ibid. Regimen, 224. Medi- cal treatment, ibid. The scorbutic erysipelas, 226. Instructions for those who are subject to this disorder, ibid. Ether, very serviceable in removing fits of the -asthma, 347. note.. Is excel- lent for flatulencies, 377. Ethiop's Mineral, strongly recommended by Dr. Cheyne in inflammations of the eyes, 234. Evacuations of the human body, the principal, specified, 127. By stool, ibid. Urine, 129. Perspiration, 130. Exercise, the importance of, to promote the growth and strength of children, 36. All young animals exert thejr organs of motion as soon as they are able, ibid. The utility of, proved from anatomical considerations, 37. And from philosophical deductions, 38. Military exercise recommended for boys, 39. Benefits of dancing, 41. Is better for sedentary persons under lowness of spirits than the tavern, 73. Gardening the best exercise for the sedentary, 74. Violent, ought not to be taken immediately after a full meal, 80. Is as necessary as food for the preservation of health, 95. Our love of activity an evidence of its utility, 96. Indolence relaxes the solids, ibid. The indulgence of carriages as absurd as pernicious, ibid. Is almost the only cure for glandular obstructions, ibid. Will prevent and remove those disorders that medicine cannot cure, 97. Is the best cure for com- plaints in the stomach, 98. flow to be taken within doors, when not to be done in the open air, ibid. Active sports better than sedentary amuse- ments, ibid. The golff a better exercise than cricket, ibid. note. Exercise should not be extended to fatigue, 99. Is as necessary for the mind as for the body, 124. Is often of more efficacy than any medicine whatever, 140. The best mode of taking it in a consumption, 169. Is of the greatest im- portance in a dropsy, 320. Muscular, for the gout, 327. note. Is necessary for the asthmatic, 346. Is superior to all medicine in nervous disorders, 358. And in the palsy, 364. Is proper for pregnant women, unless they are of a very delicate texture, 418. Want of, the occasion of rickets in children, 438. Extracts, general rules for making; but are more conveniently purchased ready made, 558. Eyes, inflammation of, its general causes, 231. Symptoms, ibid. Regimen and medical treatment, 232. flow to be treated when it proceeds from a scrofulous habit, 234. Advice to those who are subject to this complaint, 235. Are subject to many diseases which are difficult to cure, 385. The means by which they are frequently injured, 386. General means of pre- vention, ibid. The several disorders of, with their medical treatment, ibid. Eye waters, general remarks on, and their principal intentions, 550. Collyri- um of alum, ibid. Vitriolic collyrium, 551. Collyrium of lead, ibid. F. Fainting fits, how to cure, 479. Cautions to persons subject to them, 481. Bleeding, dangerous in, ibid. Falling sickness. See Epilepsy. Family Record described and recommended, 216. Fasting, long, injurious to those who labor hard, 67. Is hurtful both to old and young, 88. Fathers, culpably inattentive to the management of their children, 24. Their irregular lives often injure the constitution of their children, 25*