The medical pocket companion, or, Domestic adviser : designed for both married and single : containing a brief description of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the most common and obstinate diseases which affect humanity : together with many valuable hints upon the preservation of health, and the proper management of infancy and childhood / by T.K. Taylor.

  • Taylor, T. K.
Date:
1858
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Credit: The medical pocket companion, or, Domestic adviser : designed for both married and single : containing a brief description of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the most common and obstinate diseases which affect humanity : together with many valuable hints upon the preservation of health, and the proper management of infancy and childhood / by T.K. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION In presenting this little -work to the public, it ia proper that I say a few words in relation to the motives which have induced its publication. It is probably known to most persons of my acquaintance — and if not I will here state the fact — that I am a believer in, and a practitioner of, the Botanic or Eclectic system of medi- cine. This method of treatment I regard as the safest and most efficient. It seeks and cheerfully embraces every valuable remedy with which to combat disease, by whomsoever discovered, or however simple it may ap- pear. There aro doubtless many good things in all the different systems of practice ; yet the general course pursued by the Allopathic practitioners as a class, their rigid adherence to certain rules laid down in books, often without regard to the laws of common sense, and their bigoted opposition to all other practitioners, and to everything new which does not originate with them- selves, are, in the author's opinion, entirely repugnant to a liberal and enlightened philosophy, detrimental to the best interests of the sick, and calculated to keep the mass of mankind in a state of ignorance regarding the true principles of the healing art.