On the preservation of health, or, Essays explanatory of the principles to be adopted by those who desire to avoid disease / by Thomas Inman.

  • Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876.
Date:
1871
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Credit: On the preservation of health, or, Essays explanatory of the principles to be adopted by those who desire to avoid disease / by Thomas Inman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his ways—Medical writers not always trustworthy—Folks want physicians to name their disease—Objections thereto— When doctors are doubtful, they say Liver —MoUere's idea about doctors—They exist to prescribe and receive fees- It 's the patient's business to get well, not the doctor's to cure him CHAPTER XXm. ON THE COURSE OF DISEASE. The natural history of disease—Neglect of—Eesults of neglect —Course of a cold—Till known, treatment cannot be fairly judged—Homoeopathy -Value of its statistics—Appraisement of globules—Progress of rheumatic fever, now and formerly — Mercmy and Hme-juice — Leeches and blisters — Heart affections—Pericarditis and globules—Cold again—Disease resembles annual and perennial plants—Fevers—Parasites— Cancer and cutting—Summary CHAPTER XXIV. ON OLD AGE. Old age—Clinging to life—Some are desirous of death—Examples —Value of Life at its close—Pleasures of advanced age— Doctors can't make men eternal—Man and locomotive, watch, &c., compared—Career of a locomotive sketched— Age, those who attain it are the easy—Labour does not lengthen life—Swiss age soon—Changes attending senility —Signs of the changes—Points to be attended to in advanced age—Directions 328 APPENDIX. THE TEUE VALUE OP EXPEELENCE IN MEDICINE. Choice of a subject—Eecent investigations—Experience, proverbs respecting, are wrong—Most folks like to stand still—Indo-
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