The friend of health / by Samuel Hahnemann.

Freund der Gesundheit

1851

pages [189]-284

First published in two parts at Frankfurt am Main, 1792-1795

Translated by R.E. Dudgeon

Part I. Introduction.--The bite of mad dogs.--The visiter [sic] of the sick.--Protection against infection in epidemic disease.--In old women's philosophy there is something good, did we know where to find it.--Things that spoil the air.--There is good even in hurtful things.--Dietetic conversation with my brother, principally respecting the instinct of the stomach.--An occasional purgative, surely that can do no harm?--On making the body hardy

Part II. Socrates and Physon: On the worth of outward show.--Plans for eradicating a malignant fever, in a letter to the Minister of Police.--More particular directions on the same subject.--Suggestions for the prevention of epidemics in general, especially in towns.--On the satisfaction of our animal requirements in another than a medical point of view.--A nursery.--On the choice of a family physician.