The medical assistant, or Jamaica practice of physic : designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations / by Thomas Dancer.

  • Dancer, Thomas.
Date:
MDCCCI [1801]
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Credit: The medical assistant, or Jamaica practice of physic : designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations / by Thomas Dancer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    R E i .cc, from circurnfl:arces of r fiftance is no- id, or cannot . which is . icntly the cafe, fomething muft be done for the re. of pain, and the prevention of danger. A differing moi is not to be abandoned, or ■ configncd to mhery , :h, without any attempts being made by thofe about him, for affording him relief, becaufe they happen' not to be Medical Men, or have not had opportunities of ftudying Fhyfic regu- larly.' Such a knowledge of Difeafes, and their Treatment, as will enable a man to be, on many occafions, ufeful to him- felf and others, may certainly be acquired without a regular and fcicutirk; courfe of ftudy. A Book, therefore, like the prefent one, that may ferve as a guide to perfons in this foli- ation ; that, befides giving general notices concerning health and difeafe, teaches, in a plain and familiar manner, how to diftinguifh and treat the prevalent Difeafes of the Climate, it is prefumed, cannot but prove ufeful and acceptable, par- ticularly conhdering that there is no preceding Work of the kind. As to Works of a limilar nature in Europe,' the Author has to obfervc, that whatever may be their refpective merits, or however ufeful they may be found in that part of the world, they are not fo well fuited to this and other Tropical Climates, where Difeafes put on a different afpect and cha- racter ; where,they commonly run a fhorter courfe, and have a more fatal tendency ; confequently requiring a Treatm. very different from that made ufe of in the fame Difeafes eli where. The Work being intended chiefly as a popular one, the