The reformed botanic and Indian physician : a complete guide to health / by Daniel Smith.

  • Smith, Daniel, 1790-
Date:
1855
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Credit: The reformed botanic and Indian physician : a complete guide to health / by Daniel Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    better never associate with a friend that will forsake us in the hour of danger. And be sure to learn out A. R C. first, for there is not many mighty called, but God has choson the weak thing* of this world to confound the wisdom of the wise. It appears, therefore, that the mental man is governed measureably by the physical man, and it is certain that the physical man is governed by the signs and How of the blood, and that disease in case of bad colds on the part then ruled by the signs will be affected when the cold is taken—for in- stance, when the sign is in the head, and a cold is taken, it will settle in the head. So throughout the whole body, which causes so many different diseases of different names— hence, when we take cold in the head there is a pressure of the brain, which causes inflammation and pain in the head, or dropsy, or congestion of the brain. Just so when the cold is seated on the lungs or bronchial tubes, it will either cause inflammation or congestion of the lungs, phthisic, or asthma, and many times sharp, acute pains and distress for breath; and when on the liver, it causes weariness and pains in the shoulders and back, sometimes fever and ague, jaun- dice, dumb ague, indigestion, loss of appetite, relaxativeness, many times ensues. When in the bowels and intestines, bilious cholic and wind cholic, shooting pains, and many times inflammation, <fcc. When on the thoracic, duct or great ar- tery, which runs up the spine through the trunk, pleurisy, cramp and acute pains in the left side. When on the kid- neys and bladder, diabetes or gravel, with distressing pains in the small of the back and pains in the re«tum. When on the pancreas or gall, or both, dropsical, dyspeptical and ner- vous complaints ensue, attended many times with lethargy.
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