THE CONTENTS.
Reading edition
LECTURE I.
An anatomical and physiological description of the human body
Sect. I. Of the composition and close connection of parts in the human body 2
Sect. II. Of the brains and nerves 5
Sect. III. Of the heart and lungs 9
Sect. IV. Of the circulation of the blood 12
Sect. V. Of the joint connection of the brains, heart, lungs, &c. 15
Sect. VI. Of chylifaction, and nutrition 19
Sect. VII. Of the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons and their connection. 28
A skeleton of the human body 31
Sect. VIII. Of the urinary organs and genital parts 35
xviSect. IX. Of the skin 40
Sect. X. Of the external senses 43
LECTURE II.
On the requisite means and medicines towards restoring health.
Sect. I. Of the pulse 50
Sect. II. Of the effects of bleeding 55
Sect. III. Of the operation of bleeding 58
Sect. IV. Of the requisite medicines useful at sea 63
xvii A plan of a medicine box—64. Of utensils, and medicines—65. Lancets, ibid. scissars, probe, spatula—66. Bistouries, and incision lancets, teeth instruments, syringes—67. Clyster pipes and bladders, clyster syringe, scales and weights—68. Splints—69. Bandages, rags, tow, lint, tape, needles, thread and pins—70. Camomile flowers, balm, sage, sassafrass—71. Oatmeal, cinamon, allum, chalk—72. Salts, diachylon plaister—73. Mercurial plaister, blistering plaister—74. Spirits of wine and camphire—75. Liniment of soap, sweet oil, sweet spirit of nitre—76. Honey, yellow basilicon; elixir of vitriol—77. Elixir proprietatis, lenitive electuary—78. Turner’s Cerate, fever powders, stomachic powder—79. Calomel—80. Precipitate—81. Mercurial ointment—82. Rhubarb, jalap, ipecacuanha, liquid laudanum—83. Essential oil of peppermint, Turlington’s balsam 84
LECTURE III.
On accidents, and their proper method of treatment
Sect. I. Of falls 89
Sect. II. Of wounds—91. Cut wounds 92
bruised wounds—94. Gun-shot wounds 96
Sect. III. Of bruises 98
Sect. IV. Of dislocations 99
Dislocation of the arm with the shoulder 101
Dislocation of the elbow or the knee 103
Of spraining the wrist, or ancle 103
Dislocation of the thigh bone 104
Sect. V. Of fractures 107
A fracture of the skull 108
Fracture of the arm 109
A fracture of the thigh bone 110
xviii A fractured leg 111
Compound fractures 114
Conclusive observations on fractures 115
Sect. VI. Of scalding 118
Sect. VII. Of burning 119
Sect. VIII. Of drowning 120
The method to recover a drowned person 123
LECTURE IV.
On external diseases, and their cure
Sect. I. Of inflammation 130
Of resolution 132
Of suppuration 133
Of tumours 134
Of mortification ibid.
Sect. II. Of ulcerations 137
Sect. III. Of the diseases of the skin 142
Of the itch ibid.
Of boils 144
Of ring-worms, daw-worms, &c. &c. 145
Of the lousy disease ibid.
Sect. IV. Of promiscuous disorders 148
Of the tooth-ach 149
To draw a tooth ibid.
xix Of sore eyes 152
Of the ear-ach 153
Of hoarseness and sore throat 154
Sect. V. Of the venereal disease 156
Of the gonorrhœa 157
Of the phimosis and paraphimosis 158
Of the chordee, and priapism 159
Of the dysuria ibid.
Of shankers 160
Of the bubo 161
Of swelled testicles 162
Of venereal excrescences 163
Of the second infection 164
Sect. VI. Of the bite of venomous animals 166
To cure the bite of a rattle snake 167
Sect. VII. Of the bite of a mad dog 170
The signs of a mad dog 171
The effect of a bite of a mad dog 172
Of the cure of the bite of a mad dog 173
LECTURE V.
Of fevers and inflammatory diseases, and their proper method of treatment
Sect. I. Of fevers in general 182
Sect. II. Of accidental fevers 184
xxSect. III. Of a cold 192
Sect. IV. Of intermitting fevers, and agues 193
Sect. V. Of putrid and malignant fever 203
LECTURE VI.
Of the various internal diseases, and their method of cure
Sect. I. Of diseases of the head, of the apoplexy 208
Of the phrenzy and delirium 210
Of a stupor and lethargy 211
Of a violent head-ach 213
Sect. II. Of diseases of the neck 214
Of the malignant sore throat ibid.
Sect. III. Of diseases in the breast 219
Of the cough ibid.
Of the pleurisy, and a peripneumony 221
Sect. IV. Of diseases of the bowels, and the alimentary canal. 224
Of a Depraved Appetite 225
Of the Colic 228
Of looseness, and bloody flux 230
Sect. V. Of the Scurvy 233
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