A plea for the botanic practice of medicine / by John Skelton.

  • Skelton, John, active 1852-1865
Date:
1853
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Credit: A plea for the botanic practice of medicine / by John Skelton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IND EX. PAGE. Preface ... ... ... 3,4 Introduction 5, 6, 7, 8 Ancient botanic philosophy 9, 10 Antiquity of medical botany 24, 25, 26, 27 Alchemy 32,40, 41 Arabian and French schools 33 Astrology ... 35 Author's birth ... ... 50 Author's grandmother and grandfather ... 50, 51 Accident to a field labourer 51 Author's removal to Plymouth 52 Action of mercury upon syphilis ... ... ... 56 Arrangement of Gerarde 65, 66 Author's remarks on Para- celsus 86, 88 Arabian Chemists ... ... 108 Boiling dumplings ... .. 15 Bostock quoted ... ... 28 Bacon's ancient deer ... 35 Black letter work, date 1605 37 Botanists in Covent Garden, London ... ... ... 50 Barrow's grease ... ... 70 Causes of disease ... ... 17 Condition of medical practice 20 Condition of medicine among savage tribes ... 21,22 Customs of Chaldeans and Babylonians ... ... 27 Condition of medical science 35, 36 Charms, incantations, amu- lets, &c. ... 42 Condition of philosophy ... 44 Condition of botanic practi- tioners 49 Confirmation of Gerarde's opinions ... . ... 69 Curious old medical prepara- tions ... ... ... 76 PAGE. Comparison of ideas—Solo- mon, Hippocrates, John Wesley, and Paracelsus 86, 87 Constituent elements of the ancients ... ... ... 87 Curse of physic ... ... 95 Contempt of Paracelsus for the Galenists 100 Chemical preparations 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 Chemistry united with medi- cine 106 Deficiency of botanic know- ledge 9 Definition of botany ... 9 Dr. Miller quoted ... 23, 31 Decline of medical botany 41, 49 Dreams, miracles,witchcraft, &c 44 Dr. James's Medical Dic- tionary ... ... ... 72 Dr. James's remarks on epi- lepsy 75 to 77 Dr. Wiseman's pulvis epilep- ticus anodynus 77 Dr. James's remarks on Dr. Pitcairn and Paracelsus .. 77 Dr. James's remarks on dropsy 78 Dr. Shaw's opinion of Para- celsus ... ... ... 84 Dr. James's remarks on Para- celsus ... ... ... 84 Drs Willis and Sydenham... 108 Ezekiel quoted n Evil effects of mental exclu- siveness ... ... ... 20 Extinction of the old botanic schools ... ... ... 70 Empirical manner of treating syphilis 96, 97, 98 First Infirmary ... ... 28 Family of Lyon Pilkington 61
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