Lectures on the Practice of Physic
- Date:
- 18thC
- Reference:
- MS.MSL.77/1
- Part of:
- Lectures on the Practice of Medicine and the Materia Medica
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Introduction (pp. 1-6); Section 1, The solid and liquid constituents of the body, the blood, urine and other secretions, sensation and temperament, the divisions of the human race, etc. (pp. 7-64); 2, Diseases in general (pp. 65-86); 3, Inflammations (pp. 86-111); 4, Fevers in general, causes, symptoms and cure (pp. 111-148); 5, Plague and other febrous diseases (pp. 149-180); 6, Inflammations in particular, such as Erysipelas, inflammation of the brain, eye, and viscera; catarrh, dysentery, stone, venereal disease, smallpox, measles, scarlet-fever, etc. (pp. 180-282); 7, Menstrua, Hysteria, etc. (pp. 282-299); 8, Chronic Diseases, dropsy, epilepsy, apoplexy, mania, scurvy, jaundice, pregnancy, etc. (pp. 299-334); 9, Management and diseases of children (pp. 334-342); 10, General observations on the examination and treatment of diseases (pp. 343-346).
Publication/Creation
18thC
Physical description
pp. 1-346
Finding aids
Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).