The home book of health and medicine : being a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases, and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including also an account of the nature and properties of remedies : the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition / by a physician of Philadelphia.

  • Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853.
Date:
1834
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Credit: The home book of health and medicine : being a popular treatise on the means of avoiding and curing diseases, and of preserving the health and vigour of the body to the latest period : including also an account of the nature and properties of remedies : the treatment of the diseases of women and children, and the management of pregnancy and parturition / by a physician of Philadelphia. 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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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. ANATOMY, 3 Physiology, 4 Section I. Bones, 5 Section II. The skeleton, 8 Section III. The muscles, 20 Section IV. The integuments, 21 Section V. Digestive apparatus, 24 Section VI. Absorbents and absorption, 32 Section VII. Circulatory apparatus, 33 Section VIII. Respiratory apparatus, 37 Section IX. Secretion, 40 Section X. The urinary apparatus, 41 Section XI. The nervous system, 42 Section XII. The external senses, 46 Section XIII. The organs of generation, 55 Section XIV. Generation, 58 Section XV. Organs whose office is un- known, 60 Section XVI. Sleep, 61 PART II. HYGIENE, OR THE MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH. Health, 68 Section I. Air, 69 Section II. Clothing, 74 Section HI. Exercise, 78 Section IV. Appetite and food, 82 Section V. Cleanliness, 114 Section VI. Sleep, 119 Section VII. The passions, 123 Section VIII. Preservation of the hair, sight and feet; Care of the bowels; Use of tobacco, 124 Section IX. Training; Bleeding; Habit, 128 Section X. Management of infants and children; Weaning; Nurses and nursing, 129 Section XI. Diseases of urtizans, 134 PART III. MATERIA MEDICA, OR THE REMEDIES EMPLOYED FOR THE CURE OF DISEASES. % Materia Medica, 139 Medicines, 139 Quack Medicines, 140 Specifics, 141 Section I. Classification of Medicines, 141 Absorbents; Alteratives, 141 Anodynes; Anthelmintics; Antidotesj Anti-emetics, 142 J Antiphlogistics, 143 / Antiscorbutics; Antispasmodics; Aro- i' matics; Astringents; Bathing, 144 \ Blood-letting, 147 j Carminatives; Cataplasms, 149 Cathartics, 150 Section I. Clysters; Collyria; Cupping, 151 Demulcents; Diaphoretics; Diet, 152 Diluents; Diuretics; Electricity; Em- brocations; Emetics, 153 Emenagogues; Emollients; Errhines; Epispastics, 154 Escharotics; Expectorants, 155 Friction; Gargles ; Hydragogues; Leeches, 156 Lithontriptics, 157 Mineral waters; Narcotics; Rubefa- cients; Sedatives, 158 Sialagogues; Stimulants; Suppositories; Tonics, 159