Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan.

  • Buchan William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1797
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Credit: Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. • .. • - TWenty-fix years have now elapfed fince the firft Edition of this Book made its ap- pearance. During this period, the Author hav- ing been in conftant practice, has taken occa- sion to improve feveral articles, which were with lefs accuracy inferred in the more early imprefiions. For this he has. been cenfured by fome, but the more candid and difcerning muft approve his con- dudt. It would be unpardonable in an Author to Suffer an error in a book, on which health and life may depend, to hand uncorredted *, nor would it be much lefs So to perceive an omiflion, and leave it unfupplied. His improvements, however, are not the refult of mercenary views. The fame principle which prompted the Author to write the Book, will ever in- duce him to improve it to the utmoft of his power. The improvements of the later editions are chiefly inferted in the form of notes. Thefe are intended either to illuftrate the text, or to put people on their guard in dangerous Situations, and prevent fatal miftakes in the practice of medicine, which it is to be regretted are but too common. To this Edition is added a chapter concerning the diet of the common people, recommending a method of living lefs expenfive and more conducive to health, than the prefent. Some attention has likewife been paid to the lan- guage. Where that was either inaccurate or obfeure, as far as was practicable, it has been corrected, In- deed, the Author has all along endeavoured to ob- serve fuch flmplicity and perfpicuity in his flyle as might enable the reader clearly to underftand it: a a 3 circum-