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. / By William Buchan, M.D.

  • Buchan, William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1807
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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. / By William Buchan, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    xm the Book, but have also enriched it with many useful ob- servations; by which it is rendered more complete, and better adapted to the climate and constitutions of'their countrymen. ^To the learned Dr Duplanil of Paris, phy- sician to the Count d’Artois, I lie under particular obliga- tions; as this Gentleman has not only considerably enlar- ged my Treatise, but, by his very ingenious and useful notes, has rendered it so popular on the Continent, as to occasion its being translated into all the languages of mo- dern Europe. I have only to add, that the book has not more exceed- ed my expectations in its success, than in the effects it has pioduced. Some of the most pernicious practices, with regard to the treatment of the sick, have already given place to a more rational conduct; and many of the most hurtful prejudices, which seemed to be quite insurmount- abje have in a great measure yielded to better information. Or this a stronger instance cannot be given than the ino- culation of the small-pox. Few mothers, some years ao-0, hanr|d fUbmpft0-h?Ve their children inoculated even by the hanrl of a -Physician; yet nothing is more certain, *than with0fparnma|,y °, the'!! have P^formed this operation vith then own hands; and as their success has been equal to that of the most dignified inoculators, there is litfie rea- son to doubt that the practice will become o-eneraI When :s “ '>;•'» —live. »ii, b™ td bvt: .1CZ,c,T: ” 11 I”—' >>!' • the cndb,v«„„