The villager's friend & physician, or, A familiar address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease ... supposed to be delivered by a village apothecary : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, on sobriety, industry, &c / [James Parkinson].

  • Parkinson, James, 1755-1824.
Date:
1800
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Credit: The villager's friend & physician, or, A familiar address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease ... supposed to be delivered by a village apothecary : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, on sobriety, industry, &c / [James Parkinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    a very few days, if not oppofed by the exertions of fome fkilful peirfon. Bleeding profufely, blillers, the ftri£teft regimen and proper medicines muft be here employed, with that degree of firmnefs] and decifion, as cannot be hoped for, but where they are directed by a perfbn of real fkill, and where the attendants are imprefled with the danger of the fmalleft deviation from orders. Rednefs of the ETE^ or as it is commonly termed a bhod-Jhjt eye^ (hows that inflammation OF THE EYE has taken place. The Httle importance which js in general annexed to the term blood-fliot eye, has lulled many into a falfe fecurity, until they have at lall been en- tirely deprived of fight. Extreme pain of the EAR or TOOTHy fliow inflammation of thefe parts to have taken place. In the former of thefe cafes the application of leeches to the temples, and in the two. latter between the cheek and the ear, follov/ed by the application of blifters to the temple or behind the ears^ will generally check the progrefs of the difeafe. Pre-