Chapter XXXI: Introduction (3)

The thin sharp wines have a different tendency. They pass off freely by the different emunctories, and gently open the body. The effects of the full bodied wines are, however, much more durable than those of the thinner.

All sweet wines contain a glutinous substance, and do not pass off freely. Hence they will heat the body more than an equal quantity of any other wine, though it should contain fully as much spirit.

From the obvious qualities of wine, it must appear to be an excellent cordial medicine. Indeed, to say the truth, it is worth all the rest put together.

But to answer this character, it must be sound and good. No benefit is to be expected from the common trash that is often sold by the name of wine, without possessing one drop of the juice of the grape. Perhaps no medicine is more rarely obtained genuine than wine.

Wine is not only used as a medicine, but is also employed as a _menstruum_ for extracting the virtues of other medicinal substances; for which it is not ill adapted, being a compound of water, inflammable spirit, and acid; by which means it is enabled to act upon vegetable and animal substances, and also to dissolve some bodies of the metallic kind, so as to impregnate itself with their virtues, as steel, antimony, &c.

_Anthelmintic Wine._

Take of rhubarb, half an ounce; worm-seed, an ounce. Bruise them, and infuse without heat in two pints of red port wine for a few days, then strain off the wine.

As the stomachs of persons afflicted with worms are always debilitated, red wine alone will often prove serviceable: it must, however, have still better effects when joined with bitter and purgative ingredients, as in the above form.

A glass of this wine may be taken twice or thrice a-day.

_Antimonial Wine._

Take glass of antimony, reduced to a fine powder, half an ounce; Lisbon wine, eight ounces. Digest, without heat, for three or four days, now and then shaking the bottle; afterwards filter the wine through paper.

The dose of this wine varies according to the intention. As an alterative and diaphoretic, it may be taken from ten to fifty or sixty drops. In a larger dose it generally proves cathartic, or excites vomiting.

_Bitter Wine._

Take of gentian root, yellow rind of lemon-peel, fresh, each one ounce; long pepper, two drachms; mountain wine, two pints. Infuse without heat for a week, and strain out the wine for use.

In complaints arising from weakness of the stomach, or indigestion, a glass of this wine may be taken an hour before dinner and supper.

_Ipecacuanha Wine._

Take of ipecacuanha, in powder, one ounce; mountain wine, a pint. Infuse for three or four days; then filter the tincture.

This is a safe vomit, and answers extremely well for such persons as cannot swallow the powder, or whose stomachs are too irritable to bear it.

The dose is from one ounce to an ounce and a half.

_Chalybeate or Steel Wine._

Take filings of iron, two ounces; cinnamon and mace, of each two drachms; Rhenish wine, two pints. Infuse for three or four weeks, frequently shaking the bottle; then pass the wine through a filter.

In obstructions of the _menses_, this preparation of iron may be taken, in the dose of half a wine-glass twice or thrice a-day.

The medicine would probably be as good if made with Lisbon wine, sharpened with half an ounce of the cream of tartar, or a small quantity of the vitriolic acid.

_Stomach Wine._

Take of Peruvian bark, grossly powdered, an ounce; cardamom seeds, and orange peel, bruised, of each two drachms. Infuse in a bottle of white port or Lisbon wine for five or six days; then drain off the wine.

This wine is not only of service in debility of the stomach and intestines, but may also be taken as a preventive, by persons liable to the intermittent fever, or who reside in places where this disease prevails. It will be of use likewise to those who recover slowly after fevers of any kind, as it assists digestion, and helps to restore the tone and vigour of the system.

A glass of it may be taken two or three times a-day.

A
GLOSSARY.

Although terms of art have been sedulously avoided in the composition of this treatise, it is impossible entirely to banish technical phrases when writing on medicine, a science that has been less generally attended to by mankind, and continues therefore to be more infected with the jargon of the schools, than perhaps any other. Several persons having expressed their opinion that a Glossary would make this work more generally intelligible, the following concise explanation of the few terms of art that occur, has been added in compliance with their sentiments, and to fulfil the original intention of this treatise, by rendering it intelligible and useful to all ranks and classes of mankind.

A.

_Abdomen._ The belly.

_Absorbents._ Vessels that convey the nourishment from the intestines,
and the secreted fluids from the various cavities into the mass of
blood.

_Acrimony._ Corrosive sharpness.

_Acute._ A disease, the symptoms of which are violent, and tend to a
speedy termination, is called acute.

_Adult._ Of mature age.

_Adust._ Dry, warm.

_Antispasmodic._ Whatever tends to prevent or remove spasm.

_Aphthæ._ Small whitish ulcers appearing in the mouth.

_Astriction._ A tightening or lessening.

_Atrabilarian._ An epithet commonly applied to people of a certain
temperament, marked by a dark complexion, black hair, spare habit,
&c. which the ancients supposed to arise from the _atra bilis_, or
the black bile.

B.

_Bile, or Gall._ A fluid which is secreted by the liver into the
gall-bladder, and from thence passes into the intestines, in order
to promote digestion.

C.

_Cacochymie._ An unhealthy state of the body.

_Caries._ A rottenness of a bone.

_Chyle._ A milky fluid separated from the aliment in the intestines,
and conveyed by the absorbents into the blood to supply the waste
of the animal body.

_Chronic._ A disease whose progress is slow, in opposition to acute.

_Circulation._ The motion of the blood, which is driven by the heart
through the arteries, and returns by the veins.

_Comatose._ Sleepy.

_Conglobate Gland._ A simple gland.

_Conglomerate._ A compound gland.

_Contagion._ Infectious matter.

_Cutis._ The skin.

_Cutaneous._ Of or belonging to the skin.

_Crisis._ A certain period in the progress of a disease, from whence a
decided alteration either for the better or the worse takes place.

_Critical._ Decisive or important.

_Critical Days._ The fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh,
thirteenth, fourteenth, seventeenth, and twenty-first, are by some
authors denominated critical days, because febrile complaints have
been observed to take a decisive change at these periods.

D.

_Debility._ Weakness.

_Delirium._ A temporary disorder of the mental faculties.

_Diaphragm._ A membrane separating the cavity of the chest from that
of the belly.

_Diuretic._ A medicine that promotes the secretion of urine.

_Drastic._ Is applied to such purgative medicines as are violent or
harsh in their operation.

E.

_Empyema._ A collection of purulent matter in the cavity of the
breast.

_Endemic._ A disease peculiar to a certain district of country.

_Epidemic._ A disease generally infectious.

_Exacerbation._ The increase of any disease.

F.

_Fœces._ Excrements.

_Fœtid._ Emitting an offensive smell.

_Fœtus._ The child before birth, or when born before the proper
period, is thus termed.

_Flatulent._ Producing wind.

_Fungus._ Proud flesh.

G.

_Gangrene._ Mortification.

_Gummata._│Venereal excrescences.
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_Gymnastic._ Exercise taken with a view to preserve or restore
health.—The ancient physicians reckoned this an important branch
of medicine.

H.

_Hectic fever._ A slow consuming fever, generally attending a bad
habit of body, or some incurable and deep rooted disease.

_Hæmorrhoids._ The piles.

_Hæmorrhage._ Discharge of blood.

_Hypochondriacism._ Low spirits.

_Hypochondriac viscera._ The liver, spleen, &c. so termed from their
situation in the hypochondriac or upper and lateral parts of the
belly.

I.

_Ichor._ Thin bad matter.

_Imposthume._ A collection of purulent matter.

_Inflammation._ A surcharge of blood, and an increased action of the
vessels, in any particular part of the body.

L.

_Ligature._ Bandage.

_Lixivium._ Ley.

M.

_Miliary Eruption._ Eruption of small pustules resembling the seeds of
millet.

_Morbific._ Causing disease, or diseased.

_Mucus._ The matter discharged from the nose, lungs, &c.

_Mysentery._ A double membrane which connects the intestines to the
back bone.

N.

_Nervous._ Irritable.

_Nausea._ An inclination to vomit.

_Nodes._ Enlargements of the bones produced by the venereal disease.

P.

_Pectoral._ Medicines adapted to cure diseases of the breast.

_Pelvis._ The bones situated at the lower part of the trunk; thus
named from their resembling in some measure a bason.

_Peritonæum._ A membrane lining the cavity of the belly and covering
the intestines.

_Pericardium._ Membrane containing the heart.

_Perspiration._ The matter discharged from the pores of the skin in
form of vapour or sweat.

_Phlogiston._ Is here used to signify somewhat rendering the air unfit
for the purposes of respiration.

_Phlegmatic._ Watery, relaxed.

_Plethoric._ Replete with blood.

_Polypus._ A diseased excrescence, or a substance formed of coagulable
lymph, frequently found in the large blood vessels.

_Pus._ Matter contained in a boil.

R.

_Regimen._ Regulation of diet.

_Rectum._ The straight gut, in which the fœces are contained.

_Respiration._ The act of breathing.

S.

_Saliva._ The fluid secreted by the glands of the mouth.

_Sanies._ A thin bad matter, discharged from an ill conditioned sore.

_Scirrhous._ A state of diseased hardness.

_Slough._ A part separated and thrown off by suppuration.

_Spasm._ A diseased contraction.

_Spine._ The back bone.

_Styptic._ A medicine for stopping the discharge of blood.

_Syncope._ A fainting fit attended with a complete abolition of
sensation and thought.

T.

_Tabes._ A species of consumption.

_Temperament._ A peculiar habit of body, of which there are generally
reckoned four, viz. the sanguine, the bilious, the melancholic,
and the phlegmatic.

U.

_Vertigo._ Giddiness.

_Ulcer._ An ill conditioned sore.

_Ureters._ Two long and small canals which convey the urine from the
kidneys to the bladder.

_Urethra._ The canal which conveys the urine from the bladder.

INDEX.

A.

_Ablutions_, Jewish and Mahometan, well calculated for the preservation
of health, 103.

_Abortion_, causes and symptoms of, 531.
Means of prevention, 532.
Proper treatment in the case of, _ibid._

_Abscesses_, how to be treated, 308. 573.

_Accidents._ See _Casualties_.

_Acids_, of peculiar service in consumptions, 183.
In putrid fevers, 199.
Not suitable to the measles, 242.

_Acidities_ in the bowels of infants, the origin of, 548.
Method of cure, 549.

_Ackworth_, foundling hospital at, cause of the children there being
afflicted with scabbed heads, and fatal consequences of their ill
treatment, 555, _note_.

_Addison_, his remark on the luxury of the table, 95.

_Æther_, very serviceable in removing fits of the asthma, 409.
Is excellent for flatulencies, 444.

_Æthiops_ mineral, strongly recommended by Dr. Cheyne in inflammations
of the eyes, 263.

_Africans_, their treatment of children, 11, _note_.

_Agaric_ of the oak, its merit as a styptic, 577.
Method of gathering, preparing, and applying it, _ibid._ _note_.

_Agriculture_, a healthful, constant, and profitable employment, 48.
Is too much neglected in favour of manufactures, _ibid._
Gardening the most wholesome amusement for sedentary persons, 53.

_Ague_, a species of fever no person can mistake, and the proper
medicine for, generally known, 147.
Causes of, 148.
Symptoms, _ibid._
Regimen for, _ibid._
Under a proper regimen will often go off, without medicine, 150.
Medical treatment of, 151.
Often degenerates into obstinate chronical diseases, if not radically
cured, 154.
Peruvian bark the only medicine to be relied on in, 155.
Children how to be treated in, _ibid._
Preventive medicine for those who live in marshy countries, 156.

_Air_, confined, poisonous to children, 30.
A free open air will sometimes cure the most obstinate disorders in
children, 33.
Occupations which injure the health by unwholesome air, 37. 49.
The qualities of, act more sensibly on the body, than is generally
imagined, 75.
The several noxious qualities of, specified, _ibid._
In large cities, polluted by various circumstances, 76.
The air in churches, how rendered unwholesome, _ibid._
Houses ought to be ventilated daily, 78.
The danger attending small apartments, _ibid._
Persons whose business confines them to town ought to sleep in the
country, _ibid._
High walls obstruct the free current of air, 79.
Trees should not be planted too near to houses, _ibid._
Fresh air peculiarly necessary for the sick, 80.
The sick in hospitals in more danger from the want of fresh air, than
from their disorders, _ibid._
Wholesomeness of the morning air, 84.
The changeableness of, one great cause of catching cold, 126.
Those who keep most within doors, the most sensible of these changes,
127.
Of the night, to be carefully guarded against, 128.
Fresh air often of more efficacy in diseases than medicine, 139.
Its importance in fevers, 145. 160.
States of, liable to produce putrid fevers, 195.
Must be kept cool and fresh in sick chambers under this disorder,
199.
Change of, one of the most effectual remedies for the hooping-cough,
285.
The qualities of, a material consideration for asthmatic patients,
408.
The various ways by which it may be rendered noxious, 614.
Confined, how to try, and purify, _ibid._
Method of recovering persons poisoned by foul air, 615.
Fresh, of the greatest importance in fainting fits, 622.

_Aitken_, Mr. his treatise on the nature and cure of fractures,
recommended, 594, _note_.

_Alcali_, caustic, recommended in the stone, 327.
How to prepare it, _ibid._ _note_.

_Aliment_ is capable of changing the whole constitution of the body,
62.
Will in many cases answer every intention in the cure of diseases,
_ibid._
The calls of hunger and thirst, sufficient for regulating the due
quantity of, 63.
The quality of, how injured, _ibid._
A due mixture of vegetables necessary with our animal food, 65.
To what the bad effects of tea are principally owing, 65.
Water, good and bad, distinguished, 66.
Inquiry into the qualities of fermented liquors, with instructions
for the due making of them, 69.
The qualities of good bread, and why adulterated by bakers, 70.
General rules for the choice of food, _ibid._
Ought not to be too uniform, 71.
Meals ought to be taken at regular times, 72.
Long fasting injurious both to old and young, 73.
Breakfasts and suppers, _ibid._
Changes of diet ought to be gradually made, 74.

_Amaurosis._ See _Gutta serena_.

_American_ Indians, their method of curing the venereal disease, 513.

_Amusements_, sedentary, improper for sedentary persons, 51.
Ought always to be of an active kind, 85.

_Anasarca._ See _Dropsy_.

_Anger_, violent fits of, injurious to the constitution, 112.
Tranquillity of mind essential to health, _ibid._

_Animal_ food, cautions in giving it to children, 18.
Animals that die of themselves, unfit for food, 63.
Overdriven cattle rendered unwholesome, 64.
The artifices of butchers exposed, 65.
Too great a quantity of, generates the scurvy, _ibid._

_Animals_ and plants, the analogy in the nourishment of, stated, 94.

_Anthony’s_ Fire, St. See _Erysipelas_.

_Aphthæ._ See _Thrush_.

_Apoplexy_, who most liable to this disorder, 410.
Causes, _ibid._
Symptoms and method of cure, 411.
Cautions to persons of an apoplectic make, 413.

_Apothecaries_ weights, a table of, 653.

_Apparel_, See _Clothing_.

_Appetite_, want of, causes and remedies for, 417.

_Arbuthnot_, Dr. his advice in the inflammation of the lungs, 172.
His advice for persons troubled with costiveness, 415, _note_.

_Arsenic_, the effects of, on the stomach, 474.
Medical treatment when the symptoms appear, _ibid._

_Arts._ See _Manufactures_.

_Ascites._ See _Dropsy_.

_Asses_ milk, why it seldom does any good, 179.
Instructions for taking it, _ibid._

_Asthma_, the different kinds of this disorder distinguished, with its
causes, 406.
Symptoms, 407.
Regimen, _ibid._
Medical treatment, 408.
Remedies proper in the moist asthma, 409.

_Atmosphere._ See _Air_.

B.

_Ball’s_ purging vermifuge powder, preparation of, 369.

_Balsams_, how to prepare.
Anodyne balsam, 657.
Locatelli’s balsam, _ibid._
Vulnerary balsam, _ibid._

_Bandages_, tight, produce most of the bad consequences attending
fractured bones, 595.

_Bark_, Peruvian, the best antidote for sailors against disorders on a
foreign coast, 47.
How to be administered in the ague, 151.
Distinction between the red bark and quill bark, _ibid._ _note_.
A decoction or infusion of, may be taken by those who cannot swallow
it in substance, 153.
Is often adulterated, _ibid._ _note_.
Is the only medicine to be depended on in agues, 155.
How it may be rendered more palatable, _ibid._
May be administered by clyster, 156.
Cold water the best menstruum for extracting the virtues of this
drug, 185.
How to be administered in the putrid fever, 202; and in the
erysipelas, 252.
In an inflammation of the eyes, 263.
Its efficacy in a malignant quinsey, 274.
In the hooping-cough, 288.
A good medicine in vomiting, when it proceeds from weakness of the
stomach, 317.
Its efficacy in a diabetes, and how to take it, 321.
Is good against the piles, 336; and worms, 368.
Its use dangerous for preventing a fit of the gout, 385.
A good remedy in the King’s evil, 401;
and in the _fluor albus_, 529.

_Barley_ water, how made, 165.

_Barrenness_ in women, the general causes of, 542.
Course of relief, 543.
Dr. Cheyne’s observations on, _ibid. note_.

_Bath_ waters, good in the gout, 386.

_Bath_, cold, the good effects of, on children, 29.
Recommended to the studious, 62.
Is peculiarly excellent for strengthening the nervous system, 425.
Therefore should never be omitted in gleets, 501.
Is good for rickety children, 564.
Cautions concerning the improper use of, in adults, 633–639.

_Bath_, warm, of great service in an inflammation of the stomach, 291.

_Bathing_, a religious duty under the Judaic and Mahometan laws, 103.
Is conducive to health, 104.

_Bears_ foot, recommended as a powerful remedy against worms, 369.

_Beds_, instead of being made up again as soon as persons rise from
them, ought to be turned down and exposed to the air, 77.
Bad effects of too great indulgence in bed, 84.
Damp, the danger of, 128.
Soft, are injurious to the kidneys, 320. 324.

_Beer_, the ill consequences of making it too weak, 69.
Pernicious artifices of the dealers in, _ibid._

_Bells_, parish, the tolling them for the dead, a dangerous custom,
114.

_Biles_, 575.

_Bilious_ colic, symptoms and treatment of, 298.

_Bilious_ fever. See _Fever_.

_Bite_ of a mad dog. See _Dog_.

_Bitters_, warm and astringent, antidotes to agues, 151.
Are serviceable in vomiting when it proceeds from weakness in the
stomach, 317.

_Bladder_, inflammation of, its general causes, 305.
Medical treatment of, _ibid._

_Bladder_, stone in. See _Stone_.

_Blast._ See _Erysipelas_.

_Bleeding_, cautions for the operation of, in fevers, 146.
In the ague, 150.
Its importance in the acute continual fever, 161.
In the pleurisy, 166.
When necessary in an inflammation of the lungs, 173.
Caution against, in a nervous fever, 192.
In the putrid fever, 201.
In the miliary fever, 209.
When necessary in the small-pox, 221.
When useful in the measles, 243.
When necessary in the bilious fever, 247.
Under what circumstances proper in the erysipelas, 251.
Mode of, proper in an inflammation of the brain, 257.
Is always necessary in an inflammation of the eyes, 261.
When proper, and improper, in a cough, 280.
When proper in the hooping-cough, 285.
Is almost the only thing to be depended on in an inflammation of the
stomach, 290.
And in an inflammation of the intestines, 292.
Is necessary in an inflammation of the kidneys, 303.
Its use in a suppression of urine, 323.
Is proper in an asthma, 409.
Is dangerous in fainting fits, without due caution, 442.
Cautions proper in the puerperal fever, 539.
Is an operation generally performed by persons who do not understand
when it is proper, 570.
In what case it ought to be had recourse to, _ibid._
The quantity taken away, how to be regulated, 571.
General rules for the operation, _ibid._
Objections to bleeding by leeches, 572.
Prevailing prejudices relating to bleeding, _ibid._
The arm the most commodious part to take blood from, 573.

_Bleeding_ at the nose, spontaneous, is of more service, where bleeding
is necessary, than the operation with the lancet, 321.
Ought not to be stopped without due consideration, _ibid._
How to stop it when necessary, 332.
Cautions to prevent frequent returns of, 334.

_Blind_ persons, when born so, might be educated to employments suited
to their capacity, 456, _note_.

_Blisters_, peculiarly advantageous in the nervous fever, 192.
When only to be applied in the putrid fever, 201.
When proper in the miliary fever, 209.
Seldom fail to remove the most obstinate inflammation of the eyes,
262.
A good remedy in the quinsey, 269.
Proper for a violent hooping-cough, 288.
Is one of the best remedies for an inflammation of the stomach, 291.
Are efficacious in the tooth-ach, 359.

_Blood_, involuntary discharges of, often salutary, and ought not to be
rashly stopped, 329.
The several kinds of these discharges, with their usual causes,
_ibid._
Methods of cure, 330.

_Blood_, spitting of, who most subject to, and at what seasons, 337.
Its causes, _ibid._
Symptoms, 339.
Proper regimen in, _ibid._
Medical treatment, 340.
Cautions for persons subject to it, 341.

_Blood_, vomiting of, its causes and symptoms, 341.
Medical treatment, 342.

_Blood_-shot eye, how to cure, 450.

_Bloody_-flux. See _Dysentery_.

_Boerhaave_, his observation on dress, 93, _note_.
His mechanical expedients to relieve an inflammation of the brain,
256.

_Boluses_, general rules for the preparing of, 658.
The astringent bolus, _ibid._
Diaphoretic bolus, _ibid._
Mercurial bolus, _ibid._
Bolus of rhubarb and mercury, 659.
Pectoral bolus, _ibid._
Purging bolus, _ibid._

_Bones_, the exfoliation of, a very slow operation, 583.
Bones, broken, often successfully undertaken by ignorant operators,
593.
Regimen to be adopted after the accident, 594.
Hints of conduct if the patient is confined to his bed, _ibid._
Cleanliness to be regarded during this confinement, 595.
The limb not to be kept continually on the stretch, _ibid._
Cautions to be observed in setting a bone, _ibid._
Tight bandages condemned, 596.
How to keep the limb steady by an easy method, _ibid._
Fractures of the ribs, _ibid._

_Bowels_, inflammation of. See _Stomach_.

_Boys_, the military exercise proper for them, 26.

_Braidwood_, Mr. his skill in teaching the dumb to speak, 461, _note_.

_Brain_, inflammation of, who most liable to it, with its causes and
symptoms, 254.
Regimen, 256.
Medical treatment, 257.

_Bread_, proper food for children, as soon as they can chew it, 17.
A crust of, the best gum-stick, _ibid._
The best modes of preparing it in food for children, 18.
Good, the qualities of, and for what purpose adulterated by the
bakers, 70.
Toasted, a decoction of, good to check the vomiting in a _cholera
morbus_, 310.

_Brimstone._ See _Sulphur_.

_Broth_, gelatinous, recommended in the dysentery, how to make, 347.

_Bruises_, why of worse consequence than wounds, 582.
Proper treatment of, _ibid._
The exfoliation of injured bones a very slow operation, 583.
How to cure sores occasioned by, _ibid._

_Buboes_, two kinds of, distinguished, with their proper treatment,
504.

_Burdens_, heavy, injurious to the lungs, 40.

_Burgundy_ pitch, a plaster of, between the shoulders, an excellent
remedy in a cough, 281.
In a hooping-cough, 288.
And for children in teething, 560.

_Burials_, the dangers attending their being allowed in the midst of
populous towns, 76.

_Burns_, slight, how to cure, 580.
Treatment of, when violent, _ibid._
Extraordinary case of, 581.
Liniment for, 680.

_Butchers_, their professional artifices explained, and condemned, 65.

_Butter_ ought to be very sparingly given to children, 21.

C.

_Cabbage_ leaves, topical application of, in a pleurisy, 167.

_Camphor_, why of little use in eye-waters, 662.

_Camphorated_ oil, preparation of, 684.

_Camphorated_ spirit of wine, 699.

_Camps_, the greatest necessity of consulting cleanliness in, 103.

_Cancer_, its different stages described, with the producing causes,
460.
Symptoms, 467.
Regimen, and medical treatment, 468.
Dr. Stork’s method of treating this disorder, 469.
Cautions for avoiding it, 472.

_Cancer scroti_, a disorder peculiar to chimney-sweepers, owing to want
of cleanliness, 100, _note_.

_Carriages_, the indulgence of, a sacrifice of health to vanity, 82.

_Carrot_, wild, recommended in the stone, 328.

_Carrot_ poultice for cancers, how to prepare, 471.

_Casualties_, which apparently put an end to life, necessary cautions
respecting, 600. 608. 613. 631.

—— substances stopped in the gullet, 602.

—— drowning, 609.

—— noxious vapours, 613.

—— extremity of cold, 616.

—— extreme heat, 618.

_Cataplasms_, their general intention, 659.
Preparation of the discutient cataplasm, _ibid._
Ripening cataplasm, _ibid._

_Cataract_, the disorder and its proper treatment described, 458.

_Cattle_, stall fed, are unwholesome food, 64.
Overdriven, are killed in a high fever, _ibid._
The artifices of butchers exposed, 65.

_Cellars_, long shut, ought to be cautiously opened, 78.
And sunk stories of houses, unhealthy to live in, 130.
Of liquors in a state of fermentation, dangerous to enter, 614.
How to purify the air in, _ibid._

_Celsus_, his rules for the preservation of health, 134.

_Chancres_, described, 506.
Primary, how to treat, _ibid._
Symptomatic, 507.

_Charcoal_ fire, the danger of sleeping in the fume of, 613.

_Charity_, the proper exercise of, 43.

_Cheyne_, Dr. his persuasive to the use of exercise, 83.
His judgment of the due quantity of urine, not to be relied on, 124.
Strongly recommends Æthiops mineral in inflammations of the eyes,
263.
His observations on barrenness, 543, _note_.

_Chilblains_, cause of, 556.
How to cure, _ibid._

_Child-bed_ women, how to be treated under a miliary fever, 210.

_Child-bed_ fever. See _Fever_.

_Child-birth_, the season of, requires due care after the labour pains
are over, 533.
Medical advice to women in labour, 534.
Ill effects of collecting a number of women on such occasions, 535,
_note_.
How to guard against the miliary fever, 538.
Symptoms of the puerperal fever, _ibid._
Proper treatment of this fever, 539.
General cautions for women at this season, 541, 542.

_Children_, their diseases generally acute, and delay dangerous, 6.
Their disorders less complicated, and easier cured, than those of
adults, _ibid._
Are often the heirs of the diseases of their parents, 7.
Those born of diseased parents, require peculiar care in the nursing,
8.
Are often killed or deformed by injudicious clothing, _ibid._
How treated in Africa, 11, _note_.
The usual causes of deformity in, explained, _ibid._
Their clothes ought to be fastened on with strings, 13.
General rule for clothing them, 14.
Cleanliness an important article in their dress, _ibid._
The milk of the mother the most natural food for, 15.
Absurdity of giving them drugs as their first food, 16.
The best method of expelling the _meconium_, _ibid._
How they ought to be weaned from the breast, 17.
A crust of bread the best gum-stick for them, _ibid._
How to prepare bread in their food, 18.
Cautions as to giving them animal food, _ibid._
Cautions as to the quantity of their food, _ibid._
Errors in the quality of their food more frequent than in the
quantity, 19.
The food of adults improper for children, _ibid._
Strong liquors expose them to inflammatory disorders, _ibid._
Ill effects of unripe fruit, 20.
Butter, 21.
Honey, a wholesome article of food for them, _ibid._
The importance of exercise to promote their growth and strength,
_ibid._
Rules for their exercise, 22.
Poverty of parents occasions their neglect of children, 23.
The utility of exercise demonstrated from the organical structure of
children, 24.
Philosophical arguments shewing the necessity of exercise, _ibid._
Ought not to be sent to school too soon, 25.
Nor be put too soon to labour, 28.
Dancing an excellent exercise for them, 29.
The cold bath, _ibid._
Want of wholesome air destructive to children, 30.
To wrap them up close in cradles, pernicious, 32.
Are treated like plants in a hot-house, _ibid._
The usual faulty conduct of nurses pointed out, 34.
Are crammed with cordials by indolent nurses, 35.
Eruptions ignorantly treated by nurses, _ibid._
Loose stools, the proper treatment of, _ibid._
Every method ought to be taken to make them strong and hardy, 37.
Indications of the small-pox in, 214.

_Chincough._ See _Cough_.

_Cholera morbus_, the disorder defined, with its causes and symptoms,
309.
Medical treatment, 310.

_Churches_, the several circumstances that render the air in,
unwholesome, 76.

_Churching of women_ after lying in, a dangerous custom, 542.

_Church-yards_, the bad consequences of having them in large towns, 76.

_Cities_, large, the air in, contaminated by various means, 76.
The bad effects of burying the dead in, _ibid._
Houses ought to be ventilated daily, 77.
The danger attending small apartments, 78.
All who can ought to sleep in the country, _ibid._
Disorders that large towns are peculiarly hurtful to, 79.
Cleanliness not sufficiently attended to in, 101.
Should be supplied with plenty of water, 105, _note_.
The best means to guard against infection in, 109.

_Clare_, Mr. his method of applying saline preparations of mercury in
venereal cases, 512.

_Cleanliness_, an important article of attention in the dress of
children, 14;
and to sedentary artists, 52.
Finery in dress often covers dirt, 93.
Is necessary to health, 100.
Disorders originating from the want of, _ibid._
Is not sufficiently attended to in large towns, 101.
Nor by country peasants, 102.
Great attention paid to, by the ancient Romans, _ibid._ _note_.
Necessity of consulting cleanliness in camps, 103.
Was the principal object of the whole system of the Jewish laws,
_ibid._
Is a great part of the religion of the Eastern countries, _ibid._
Bathing and washing greatly conducive to health, 104.
Cleanliness peculiarly necessary on board of ships, _ibid._
and to the sick, _ibid._
General remarks on, 105.
Many disorders may be cured by cleanliness alone, 140.
The want of, a very general cause of putrid fevers, 196.
Is a great preservative against venereal infection, 517;
and against galling in infants, 550.

_Clergy_, exhorted to remove popular prejudices against inoculation,
231.
Might do great good by undertaking the practice of it themselves,
236.

_Clothing_, the only natural use of, 9.
That of children, has become a secret art, 10.
Ought to be fastened on infants with strings instead of pins, 13.
Pernicious consequences of stays, 14.
Importance of cleanliness to children, _ibid._
The due quantity of, dictated by the climate, 94.
Should be increased in the decline of life, _ibid._ and adapted to
the seasons, _ibid._
Is often hurtful by being made subservient to the purposes of vanity,
91.
Pernicious consequences of attempting to mend the shape by dress,
_ibid._
Stays, _ibid._
Shoes, _ibid._
Garters, buckles, and other bandages, 92.
The perfection of, to be easy and clean, 93.
General remarks on, _ibid._
Wet, the danger of, and how to guard against it, 127.

_Clysters_, a proper form of, for an inflammation of the stomach, 291.
And for an inflammation of the intestines, 293.
Of tobacco smoke, its efficacy in procuring a stool, 300, _note_.
Of chicken broth salutary in the _cholera morbus_, 310.
Their use in a suppression of urine, 323.
Ought to be frequently administered in the puerperal fever, 539.
Of tobacco, to excite a vomit, 606.
Of tobacco fumes, to stimulate the intestines, 610.
The general intention of, 660.
Preparation of the emollient clyster, 661.
Laxative clyster, _ibid._
Carminative clyster, _ibid._
Oily clyster, _ibid._
Starch clyster, 662.
Turpentine clyster, _ibid._
Vinegar clyster, _ibid._

_Cœliac passion_, proper treatment for, 351.

_Coffee berries_ recommended in the stone, 328.

_Cold_, extreme, its effects on the human frame, 616.
The sudden application of heat dangerous in such cases, _ibid._
How to recover frozen or benumbed limbs, 617.

_Cold Bath._ See _Bath_.

_Colds_, frequently occasioned by imprudent changes of clothes at the
first approaches of summer, 90, _note_.
Various causes of, specified, 126.
Their general causes, 276.
Proper regimen on the symptoms of, appearing, _ibid._
Danger of neglecting the disorder, 278.
The chief secret for avoiding, 280.

Colic, different species of, 296.
Medical treatment of, according to their species and causes, 297.
Bilious colic, 298.
Hysteric colic, 299.
Nervous colic, _ibid._
Cautions necessary to guard against the nervous colic, 300.
General advice in colics, 301.

_Collyria_. See _Eye-waters_.

_Commerce_ often imports infectious disorders, 107.
Means suggested to guard against this danger, 108, _note_.

_Confections_ often very needlessly compounded, 663.
Preparation of the Japonic confection, 664.

_Conserves_ and _preserves_, general remarks on, and their composition,
664.
Of red roses, _ibid._
Of sloes, 665.
Candied orange-peel, _ibid._

_Constitution_, good or bad, the foundation of, generally laid during
infancy, 1.

_Consumptions_, the increase of this disorder may be attributed to hard
drinking, 97.
Who most liable to, and its causes, 174.
Symptoms, 176.
Regimen, 177.
Riding, _ibid._
Much benefit to be expected from going a long voyage, 178.
Travelling, _ibid._
Diet, 179.
Great efficacy of milk in, _ibid._
Medical treatment, 182.

—— Nervous, defined, and the persons most liable to, 186.
Proper treatment of, _ibid._

—— Symptomatic, the treatment of, must be directed to the producing
cause, 187.

_Convulsions_, why new-born infants are so liable to, 12.
Those preceding the eruption in the small-pox favourable symptoms,
217.
The general causes of, 565.
Proper treatment of, 566.
Extraordinary recovery of an infant seemingly killed by, 629.
Farther instructions in like cases, 630.

_Cook_, Captain, the circumnavigator, his means of preserving the
health of his men, 46, _note_.

_Cookery_, the arts of, render many things unwholesome, that are not
naturally so, 67.

_Cordials_, ought not to be given to infants, 16.
Are the common refuge of nurses who neglect their duty to children,
35.
Are often fatal in an inflammation of the stomach, 290.
When good in the colic, 297.
Ought not to be given to a pregnant woman during labour, 534.

_Corn_, damaged, will produce the putrid fever, 195.

_Corns_ in the feet are occasioned by wearing tight shoes, 91.

_Cortex._ See _Bark_.

_Costiveness_, a frequent recourse to medicines for the prevention of,
injurious to the constitution, 122.
Is rather to be removed by diet than by drugs, 123.
Its general causes, and ill effects, 414.
Regimen, _ibid._
Remedies for, 416.

_Cough_, the proper remedies for, 280.
A plaster of Burgundy pitch laid between the shoulders an excellent
remedy for, 281.
The stomach cough, and cough of the lungs, distinguished, 282.
Treatment for the nervous cough, 283.

_Cough_, hooping, who most liable to, with its disposing causes, 284.
Remedies, 285.
Is infectious, _ibid._
Vomits, their use, and how to administer them to children, 286.
Garlic ointment a good remedy for, 287.

_Cough_, phthisical, incident to sedentary artificers, from their
breathing confined air, 49.

_Cradles_, on many accounts hurtful to children, 32.

_Cramp_, proper remedies for, 451.

_Cramp of the stomach_, who most subject to, 438.
Medical treatment of, _ibid._

_Crotchets_, how to use for extracting substances detained in the
gullet, 603.

_Croup in children_, described, 557.
Its symptoms and proper treatment, _ibid._

_Cyder_, the ill consequences of making it too weak, 69.

D.

_Dancing_, an excellent kind of exercise for young persons, 29.

_Daucus sylvestris._ See _Carrot_.

_Deafness_, when a favourable symptom in the putrid fever, 198, _note_.
Methods of cure, according to its causes, 461.

_Death_, the evidences of, sometimes fallacious, and ought not to be
too soon credited, 601. 608. 612. 631.
The means to be used for the recovery of persons from, nearly the
same in all cases, 632.

_Decoctions_, general remarks on, 665.
Preparation of the decoction of althæa, _ibid._
Common decoction, 666.
Of logwood, _ibid._
Of bark, _ibid._
Compound decoction of bark, _ibid._
Of sarsaparilla, 667.
Of seneka, _ibid._
White decoction, _ibid._

_Deformity_, often occasioned by the injudicious manner of dressing
children, 9.
Is seldom found among savage nations, 10.
The usual causes of, explained, _ibid._

_Dews_, night, dangerous to health, 128.

_Diabetes_, who most liable to this disorder, 319.
Its causes and symptoms, _ibid._
Regimen, and medical treatment, 320.
Distinguished from incontinency of urine, 322.

_Diarrhœa._ See _Looseness_.

_Diet_, will often answer all the indications of cure in diseases, 138.
Illustrations, 139.
See _Aliment_.

_Digestion_, the powers of, equally impaired by repletion or inanition,
72.

_Diseases_, hereditary, cautions to persons afflicted with, 8.
Peculiar disorders attending particular occupations, 38.
Many of them infectious, 106.
The knowledge of, depends more upon experience and observation than
upon scientifical principles, 135.
Are to be distinguished by the most obvious and permanent symptoms,
_ibid._
The differences of sex, age, and constitution, to be considered, 136.
Of the mind, to be distinguished from those of the body, _ibid._
Climate, situation, and occupation, to be attended to, 137.
Other collateral circumstances, _ibid._
Many indications of cure, to be answered by diet alone, 138.
Cures often effected by fresh air, by exercise, or by cleanliness,
139.
Nervous diseases, of a complicated nature, and difficult to cure,
420.

_Dislocations_, should be reduced before the swelling and inflammation
come on, and how, 587.
Of the jaw, 588.
Of the neck, 589.
Of the ribs, 590.
Of the shoulder, _ibid._
Of the elbow, 591.
Of the thigh, 592.
Of the knees, ancles, and toes, _ibid._

_Diuretic infusion for the Dropsy_, how to prepare, 377, 378.

_Dog_, symptoms of madness in, 477.
Ought to be carefully preserved after biting any person, to ascertain
whether he is mad or not, 478.
Is often reputed mad when he is not so, _ibid._
Symptoms of the bite of a mad dog, 479.
The poison cannot lie many years dormant in the body, as is supposed,
_ibid._
Dr. Mead’s receipt for the bite, 480.
The famous East Indian specific for, _ibid._
Other recipes, 481.
Vinegar of considerable service in this disorder, _ibid._
Medical course of treatment recommended, _ibid._
Regimen, 481.
Dipping in the sea not to be relied on, 483.
Dr. Tissot’s medical course for the cure of the hydrophobia, 484.
Remarks on the Ormskirk medicine, 485, _note_.

_Doses_ of medicines, the relative proportions of, for different ages,
653.

_Drams_ ought to be avoided by persons afflicted with nervous
disorders, 423.

_Draught_, is the proper form for such medicines as are intended for
immediate operation, 668.
How to prepare the anodyne draught, _ibid._
Diuretic draught, _ibid._
Purging draught, _ibid._
Sweating draught, 669.
Vomiting draught, _ibid._

_Dress._ See _Clothing_.

_Drinking_, persons who are seldom intoxicated may nevertheless injure
their constitutions by, 97.
The habit of drinking frequently originates from misfortunes, 98.
Frequently destroys the powers of the mind, 99.
Persons often forced to it by mistaken hospitality, _ibid._ _note_.
Leads to other vices, _ibid._

_Dropsy_, the several distinctions of, with its causes, 374.
Symptoms, 375.
Regimen, 376.
Medical treatment, 377.
Tapping, a safe and simple operation, 379.

_Dropsy of the brain._ See _Water in the head_.

_Drowned persons_, ought not to be rashly given up for dead, 608.
Proper trials for the recovery of, _ibid._
Endeavours ought not to be suspended upon the first returns of life,
612.
Success of the Amsterdam society for the recovery of, 631.

_Drunkenness._ See _Intoxication_.

_Dumb persons_ may be taught to read, write, and discourse, 461,
_note_.

_Dysentery_, where and when most prevalent, 345.
Its causes and symptoms, _ibid._
Regimen, 346.
Fruit, one of the best remedies for, 348.
Proper drink for, 349.
Medical treatment, _ibid._
Cautions to prevent a relapse, 350.

E.

_Ear_, the several injuries it is liable to, 460.
Deafness, medical treatment of, according to its causes, 461.
Ought not to be tampered with, 462.

_Ear-ach_, its causes, and proper treatment for, 360.
How to drive insects out of, _ibid._

_Education of children_, should be begun at home by the parents, 25,
_note_.
That of girls hurtful to their constitution, 27.

_Effluvia_, putrid, will occasion the spotted fever, 195.

_Electricity_ beneficial in the palsy, 431.

_Electuaries_, general rules for making, 669.
Preparation of lenitive electuary, 670.
Electuary for the dysentery, _ibid._
For the epilepsy, _ibid._
For the gonorrhœa, _ibid._
Of the bark, 671.
For the piles, _ibid._
For the palsy, _ibid._
For the rheumatism, _ibid._

_Elixir_, paregoric, how to prepare, 698.
Sacred elixir, _ibid._
Stomachic elixir, _ibid._
Acid elixir of vitriol, 699.

_Emulsions_, their uses, 672.
Preparation of the common emulsion, _ibid._
Arabic emulsion, _ibid._
Camphorated emulsion, _ibid._
Emulsion of gum ammoniac, _ibid._
Oily emulsion, 673.

_Engleman_, Dr. his account of the German method of recovering persons
from fainting fits, 622.

_Entrails._ See _Intestines_.

_Epilepsy_, the disorder defined, 432.
Its causes and symptoms, 433.
Due regimen, 434.
Medical treatment, _ibid._

_Eruption_ in children often free them from bad humours, but are
mistaken and ill-treated by nurses, 35.
Ought never to be stopped without proper advice, 36.
In fevers, how to be treated, 193. 201. 207. 209.
In the small-pox, 217. 221.
In children, the causes of, 551.
How to cure, 554.

_Erysipelas_, a disorder incident to the laborious, 41.
Its causes explained, and who most subject to it, 249.
Its symptoms, _ibid._
Regimen, 250.
Medical treatment, 253.
The scorbutic erysipelas, 253.
Instructions for those who are subject to this disorder, _ibid._

_Evacuations_ of the human body, the principal, specified, 121.
By stool, _ibid._
Urine, 123.
Perspiration, 125.

_Exercise_, the importance of, to promote the growth and strength of
children, 21.
All young animals exert their organs of motion as soon as they are
able, 22.
The utility of, proved from anatomical considerations, 24.
And from philosophical deductions, _ibid._
Military exercise recommended for boys, 26.
Benefits of dancing, 29.
Is better for sedentary persons under lowness of spirits than the
tavern, 52.
Gardening the best exercise for the sedentary, 53.
Violent, ought not to be taken immediately after a full meal, 61.
Is as necessary as food for the preservation of health, 81.
Our love of activity, an evidence of its utility, 82.
Indolence relaxes the solids, _ibid._
The indulgence of carriages as absurd as pernicious, _ibid._
Is almost the only cure for glandular obstructions, 83.
Will prevent and remove those disorders that medicine can not cure,
_ibid._
Is the best cure for complaints in the stomach, 84.
How to be taken within doors, when not to be done in the open air,
85.
Active sports better than sedentary amusements, _ibid._
The golf, a better exercise than cricket, _ibid._ _note_.
Exercise should not be extended to fatigue, 86.
Is as necessary for the mind as for the body, 118.
Is often of more efficacy than any medicine whatever, 139.
The best mode of taking it in a consumption, 177.
Is of the greatest importance in a dropsy, 376.
Muscular, for the gout, 385.
Is necessary for the asthmatic, 408.
Is superior to all medicine in nervous disorders, 423.
And in the palsy, 432.
Is proper for pregnant women, unless they are of a very delicate
texture, 533.
Want of, the occasion of rickets in children, 563.

_Extracts_, general rules for making; but are more conveniently
purchased ready made, 673.

_Eyes_, inflammation of, its general causes, 258.
Symptoms, 259.
Medical treatment, 260.
How to be treated when it proceeds from a scrophulous habit, 263.
Advice to those who are subject to this complaint, 264.
Are subject to many diseases which are difficult to cure, 456.
The means by which they are frequently injured, 457.
General means of prevention, _ibid._
The several disorders of, with their medical treatment, 458.

_Eye-waters_, general remarks on, and their principal intentions, 662.
Collyrium of alum, 663.
Vitriolic collyrium, _ibid._
Collyrium of lead, _ibid._

F.

_Fainting fits_, how to cure, 441. 618.
Cautions to persons subject to them, 623.

_Falling sickness._ See _Epilepsy_.

_Fasting_, long, injurious to those who labour hard, 43.
Is hurtful both to old and young, 73.

_Fathers_, culpably inattentive to the management of their children, 5.
Their irregular lives often injure the constitution of their
children, 7.

_Fear_, the influence of, very great, in occasioning and aggravating
diseases, 112.
Its various operations, 113.

_Feet_, injured by wearing tight shoes, 91.
The washing of, an agreeable article of cleanliness, 104.
Wet, the danger of, 127.
Bathing them in warm water, a good remedy in a cold, 279.
And in the hooping-cough, 288.

_Fermentation_, the vapour of liquors in a state of, noxious, 614.

_Fevers_, of a bad kind, often occasioned among labourers by poor
living, 43.
Frequently attack sedentary persons after hard drinking, 52.
Nervous, often the consequence of intense study, 57.
Putrid and malignant, often occasioned by want of cleanliness, 100.
The most general causes of, enumerated, 140.
The distinguishing symptoms of, 141.
The several species of, _ibid._
Is an effort of nature, which ought to be assisted, 142.
How this is to be done, 143.
Cordials and sweetmeats improper in, 144.
Fresh air of great importance in, 145.
The mind of the patient ought not to be alarmed with religious
terrors, _ibid._
Cautions as to bleeding and sweating in, 146.
Longings, the calls of nature, and deserve attention, _ibid._
Cautions to prevent a relapse, 147.

_Fever_, acute continual, who most liable to, 157.
Causes, _ibid._
Symptoms, 158.
Regimen, _ibid._
Medical treatment, 161.
Symptoms favourable and unfavourable, _ibid._
Regimen to be observed during recovery, 162.

_Fever_, bilious, general time of its appearance, 247.
Proper treatment of, according to its symptoms, 248.

_Fever_, intermitting. See _Ague_.

_Fever_, miliary, from what the name derived, and its general
appearances, 205.
Who most liable to it, _ibid._
Causes, _ibid._
Symptoms, 206.
Regimen, 207.
Account of a miliary fever at Strasburg, 208, _note_.
Proper medical treatment, 209.
Cautions for avoiding this disorder, 210.
How to prevent, in child-bed-women, 538.

_Fever_, milk, how occasioned, 537.
How to prevent, 541.

_Fever_, nervous, why more common now than formerly, and who most
liable to it, 188.
Its causes, _ibid._
Symptoms and proper regimen, 189.
Medical treatment, 191.

_Fever_, puerperal, or child-bed, the time of its attack, and symptoms,
538.
Medical treatment of, 539.
Cautions for the prevention of this fever, 541.

_Fever_, putrid, is of a pestilential nature, and who most liable to
it, 195.
Its general causes, _ibid._
Symptoms of, 196.
Other fevers may be converted to this, by improper treatment, 197.
Favourable and unfavourable symptoms of, _ibid._
Regimen, 198.
Medical treatment, 201.
Cautions for the prevention of this disorder, 203.

_Fever_, remitting, derivation of its name, 210.
Its causes and symptoms, 211.
Proper regimen, 212.
Medical treatment, 213.
Cautions for avoiding this fever, _ibid._

_Fever_, scarlet, why so named, and its usual season of attack, 245.
Proper treatment of, 246.
Is sometimes attended with putrid and malignant symptoms, _ibid._
Medicines adapted to this stage of the malady, _ibid._
History of a fever of this kind at Edinburgh, 247, _note_.

_Fever_, secondary, in the small-pox, proper treatment of, 224.

_Flatulencies_ in the stomach, remedies against, 363.
The several causes of, 443.
Medical treatment of, 444.

_Flatulent colic_, its causes, and seat of the disorder, 296.
Remedies for, _ibid._

_Flower-de-luce_, the yellow water, the root of, recommended for the
tooth-ach, 358.

_Fluor albus_ described, with its proper treatment, 529.

_Fomentations_, how to make and apply, 673.
General intentions of, _ibid._
Anodyne fomentation, 674.
Aromatic fomentation, _ibid._
Common fomentation, _ibid._
Emollient fomentation, _ibid._
Strengthening fomentation, 675.

_Food._ See _Aliment_.

_Forgiveness of injuries_, ought to be practised from a regard to our
own health, 112.

_Fractures._ See _Bones_, broken.

_Frozen limbs_, how to recover, 617.

_Fruit_, unripe, very hurtful to children, 20.
One of the best medicines, both for the prevention and cure of a
dysentery, 348.

_Funerals_, the great number of visitors attending them, dangerous to
their health, 107.

G.

_Galling_, in infants, the cause and cure of, 550.

_Gangrene_, proper treatment of, 574.

_Gardening_, a wholesome amusement for sedentary persons, 52.

_Gargles for the throat_, how to make, 267. 270. 274.
General intentions of, 675.
Method of making the attenuating gargle, _ibid._
Common gargle, _ibid._
Detergent gargle, _ibid._
Emollient gargle, _ibid._
For the mouth of infants in the thrush, 548.

_Garlic ointment_, a North British remedy for the hooping-cough, how to
apply it, 287.

_Generals of armies_, how they ought to consult the health of the men
they command, 44.

_Gilders._ See _Miners_.

_Ginger_, syrup of, how to prepare, 694.

_Girls_, the common mode of education prejudicial to their
constitution, 27.
Means of rectifying it recommended, _ibid._

_Gleet_, how occasioned, and its symptoms, 500.
Method of cure, _ibid._
Regimen, 501.
Obstinate gleets cured by mercurial inunctions, 502.
How to apply bougies, _ibid._

_Glover_, Mr. his course of treatment for the recovery of a hanged man,
628.

_Gonorrhœa_, virulent, the nature of, and its symptoms, 491.
Regimen, 492.
Medical treatment, 493.
Is often cured by astringent injections, _ibid._
Cooling purges always proper in, 494.
Mercury seldom necessary in a gonorrhœa, 496.
How to administer it when needful, 497.

_Goulard_, M. preparation of his celebrated extract of Saturn, 700.
His various applications of it, _ibid._

_Gout_, the general causes of, 55.
How to treat a looseness occasioned by repelling it from the
extremities, 313.
The sources of this disorder, and its symptoms, 380, 381.
Regimen for, 382.
Wool the best external application in, 383.
Why there are so many nostrums for, 384.
Proper medicines after the fit, _ibid._
Proper regimen in the intervals between fits to keep off their
return, 385.
How to remove it from the nobler parts to the extremities, 386.
General cautions to prevent danger by mistaking it for other
disorders, 387.

_Gravel_, how formed in the bladder, 125.
How distinguished from the stone, 324.
Causes and symptoms, _ibid._
Regimen, 325.
Medical treatment, 326.

_Green-sickness_ originates in indolence, 523.

_Grief_, its effects permanent, and often fatal, 116.
Danger of the mind dwelling long upon one subject, especially if of a
disagreeable nature, 117.
The mind requires exercise as well as the body, 118.
Innocent amusements not to be neglected, _ibid._
Is productive of nervous diseases, 421.

_Gripes in infants_, proper treatment of, 549.

_Guaiacum_, gum, a good remedy for the quinsey, 268;
and rheumatism, 390.

_Gullet_, how to remove substances detained in, 603.
Cautions for the use of crotchets with this intention, _ibid._
Other mechanical expedients, 604.
Treatment if the obstruction cannot be removed, 607.

_Gums of children_, applications to, during teething, and how to cut
them, 561.

_Gutta serena_, proper treatment of, 458.

H.

_Hæmoptoe_, spitting of blood. See _Blood_.

_Hæmorrhages._ See _Blood_.

_Harrowgate water_, an excellent medicine for expelling worms, 368.
And for the jaundice, 373.
In the scurvy, 391.

_Head-ach_, the species of, distinguished, 352.
Causes of, 353.
Regimen, 354.
Medical treatment, 355.

_Health of the people in general_, a proper object of attention for the
magistrates, xi.
Ought to be attended to in matrimonial contracts, 8.
Is often laboured for after it is destroyed, 61.
Rules given by Celsus for the preservation of, 134.

_Heart-burn_, the nature of this disorder, with its causes, and
remedies for, 418.

_Heat_, extreme, how to recover persons overcome by, 618.

_Hemlock_, a good remedy in the King’s evil, 402.
Is recommended by Dr. Stork for the cure of cancers, 469.

_Hemp-seed_, a decoction of, good in the jaundice, and how to prepare
it, 373.

_Hiccup_, its causes, and method of treatment, 436.

_Hoffman_, his rules for guarding child-bed women against the miliary
fever, 538.

_Honey_, a wholesome article of food for children, 21.
Is recommended in the stone, 328.

_Hooping-cough._ See _Cough_.

_Hospitals_, the want of fresh air in, more dangerous to the patients
than their disorders, 81.
Cleanliness peculiarly necessary in, 105.
Often spread infection by being situated in the middle of populous
towns, 108.
How they might be rendered proper receptacles for the sick, 110.
Particularly in infectious disorders, 111.
The sick in, ought not to be crowded together, 219, _note_.

_Horse-radish_, the chewing of, will restore sensibility to the organs
of taste when injured, 465.

_Houses_, instead of contrivances to make them close and warm, ought to
be regularly ventilated, 78.
In marshy situations unwholesome, 80.
Ought to be built in a dry situation, 130.
Danger of inhabiting new-built houses before thoroughly dry, _ibid._
Are often rendered damp by unseasonable cleanliness, _ibid._
Are dangerous when kept too close and hot, 133.

_Husbandmen_, the peculiar disorders they are exposed to, from the
vicissitudes of the weather, 40.

_Huxham_, Dr. recommends the study of the dietetic part of medicine,
xiii.

_Hydrocephalus._ See _Dropsy_.

_Hydrophobia_, Dr. Tissot’s method of curing, 484.

_Hydrops pectoris._ See _Dropsy_.

_Hypochondriac affections_, frequently produced by intense study, 58.
Their causes, and who most subject to them, 452.
The general intentions of cure, _ibid._
Regimen, 454.

_Hysterics_, a disorder produced by the habitual use of tea, 66.
General causes of, 447.
Symptoms, 448.
Proper treatment of, _ibid._
Regimen, 449.
Medicines adapted to, 450.

_Hysteric colic_, symptoms and treatment of, 299.

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_Jails_, why malignant fevers are often generated in them, 77.
Often spread infection by being situated in the middle of populous
towns, 108.
Ought to be removed, 110.

_Janin_, M. his relation of the recovery of an overlaid infant, 627.
And of a man who had hanged himself, 628.

_Jaundice_, the different stages of its appearance, with the causes of
this disorder, 370, 371.
Symptoms and regimen, 371.
Medical treatment, 372.

_Jesuits Bark._ See _Bark_.

_Jews_, the whole system of their laws tending to promote cleanliness,
103. 107.

_Iliac passion_, a particular kind of inflammation of the intestines,
292.

_Imposthume in the breast_, in consumptions, how to make it break
inwardly, when not to be discharged by other means, 185.
Imposthumes after the small-pox, proper treatment of, 227.

_Incontinency of urine_, distinguished from a diabetes, 322.
Expedient for relief, _ibid._

_Indigestion_, is one consequence of intense study, 56.
General causes, and remedies for, 416.

_Indolence_, its bad effects on the constitution, 82.
Occasions glandular obstructions, 83.
Ill consequences of too much indulgence in bed, 84.
Is the parent of vice, 86.
Is the general cause of most nervous disorders, 455.

_Infancy_, the foundation of a good or bad constitution, generally laid
in this season of life, 1.