A treatise of the asthma. Divided into four parts / [John Floyer].

  • Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.
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1726
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London : Printed for R. Wilkin ... and W. Innys, 1726.

Physical description

1 unnumbered leaf, xxix, 208 pages ; (8vo)

Edition

3rd ed. /

Notes

Spine title: Asthma
Author statement taken from Dedication, p. xv

Contents

Pt. 1. A history of the fits, and the symptoms preceding them -- pt. 2. The cacochymia, which disposes to the fit, and the rarefaction of the spirits, which produces it, are described -- pt. 3. The accidental causes of the fit, and the symptomatic asthmas are observed -- pt. 4. The cure of the asthma fit, and the method of preventing it is proposed; to which is annext a digression about the several species of acids distinguished by their tastes; and 'tis observed how far they were thought convenient or injurious in general practice, by the old writers, and most particularly, in relation to the cure of asthma.

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ESTC T93440

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