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Observations on the prevailing diseases in Great Britain: together with a review of the history of those of former periods, and in other countries. By John Millar, M.D.
Millar, John, 1733-1805.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Books
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An account of the diseases most incident to children, from their birth till the age of puberty; With a successful method of treating them. To which is added, an essay on nursing. Also a general account of the dispensary for the infant poor, from its first institution in 1769 to the present time: By George Armstrong, M.D. physician to the dispensary.
Armstrong, George, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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[A] Narrative of the effects of a medicine, newly discovered, by Mr. Keyser, a German chymist in Paris, That cures the veneral disease in its most inveterate and malignant state, without salivation or strict regimen, as is now practised in France, both in private cases, and in the Military hospitals. Consisting of translated extracts from medicinal journals, monthly Mercuries, &c. that have been published by authority in Paris for these four years past. To which is prefixed, a preliminary discourse on the disease and remedy. By James Cowper, M.D.
Cowper, James.Date: 1760- Books
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The terrible effects of the poison from the bite of a mad dog; with a description of the symptoms of the disease, and a certain method of cure, experienced in eighteen cases, two of which are hereunto annexed. II. The rise, progress, and success of inoculation, with a plain and easy method of preparing the patient by medicine; with rules and regimen necessary to be observed, and the ways of performing the operation. III. A case of an anchylosis, of stiff joint; cured by a poultice and fomentation of common coal, with the method of preparing the poultice. IV. The usefulness of vomiting and purging, both in preventing and curing continual fevers. V. A letter to the printer of the London chronicle, dated Oct. 10, 1767; occasioned by the death of a Rt. Hon. Gentleman, who died of an inflammation in his bowels a few months before. To which are added, an account of an irregular gout; with the curatives, indications, and alarming circumstances, when become fixed at the stomach; with a case and cure hereunto annexed. The description of a cancer, and cru[de] method of extirpating it by excinon, two cases, six of the king's evil; three of the leprosy; two of total deafness; one of a malignant quinsey; two of a lock'd jaw; one of the piles, a most deplorable case of a lady aged 72: a non retention of urine. The case of a young lady who took crude mercury, with a caution against taking it. Obstruction in the urinary passages and neck of the bladder, fistula in the perinaeum and scrotum, hardness from these parts arising from indiscretion of even so long standing. Salivation unnecessary in the cure of venereal complaints. Pains in the bowels, stomach, gums, and ears, instantly eased. Fevers and diseases in general, treated with the greatest safety and success. Founded upon a new method of practice. By Dr. Rowley, who resides at Mr. White's upholsterer, in Fownes-s-street, Dame-street.
Rowley, William, 1742-1806.Date: 1795?]- Books
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A short account of the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, particularly in the Royal Navy, by Gilbert Blane, M.D.
Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834.Date: 1781?]