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“The Compleat Family Physician : Or, Universal Medical Repository. Containing The Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of All The Various Maladies To Which Human Nature Is Subject, From The Birth To The Grave. Including The Diseases Peculiar To Seamen, As Well As Those Of Particular Climates; Such As The East And West Indies, Coast Of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. With The Proper Methods Of Treating Lunaticks, And Persons Who Are Subject To Fits Of Any Kind. - And The Best And Most Approved Preservatives Against Epidemick And Contagious Diseases; Such As The Plague, Putrid Fevers, Gaol Distemper, And Other Infections. Together With An Account Of All The Celebrated Spas-Not Only Of This Country, But Such Others Also, As Are Of Great Repute In Other Parts Of The World, And The Waters Of Which Are Usually Imported Into These Kingdoms; With Some Observations On The Virtues And Efficacy Of Sea Water And Bathing. Likewise, Strictures On Quackery In General; And A Candid Examination Of The Respective Merits Of James's Powder, Norton's Drops, Ormskirk Powder, Ward's Drops, And Other Popular Medicines. With A Full Account Of The Various Kinds Of Poisons, Both Animal, Vegetable, And Mineral; And The Best Methods Of Counteracting Their Respective Effects. - Also, The Means To Be Made Use Of For Restoring Drowned Or Strangled Persons, As Published By The Humane Society; And The Plan Of Dr. Hawes, Secretary To That Benevolent Institution, For Preventing Persons Being Buried Alive. To Which Is Added, The Family Surgery. Containing Directions For Treating Green And Old Wounds; Proper Stypticks For Immediately Stopping The Blood In All Cases; And Infallible Applications For The Cure Of The Bite Of Mad Animals, As Well As The Bite Or Sting Of Venomous Animals And Insects. With Some Approved Receipts For The Cure Of Ringworms, Warts, Corns, Bruises, Carbuncles, &c. And Directions For Managing The Eyes, Ears, Teeth, Nails, &c. So As To Prevent Blindness, Deasness, And Lameness In The Feet. Also, The Proper Methods Of Making And Using Salves, Ointments, Pills, Cataplasms, Poultices, Fomentations, Embrocations, &c. &c. Together With The Compleat British Herbal. And A List Of All Such Drugs, Chymicals, &c. As Are Directed To Be Used In The Different Preparations, With Their Prices At Apothecaries Hall, London. The Whole Forming A Compleat Body Of AtDomestick Medicine, Calculated As Well To Assist Gentlemen Of The Faculty, As For The Use Of Private Families; And In Which The Utmost Care Is Taken To Recommend Such Remedies As Are Most Plain And Simple, And Of Course The Least Expensive, And Readiest To Be Procured. By Hugh Smythson, M.D. Late Student At The University Of Leyden. When, On The Bed Of Loath'd Disease, With Streaming Eyes, Affection Sees A Child, A Husband, Wife, Or Friend, And Fears The Much-lov'd Victim's End; How Sighs The Sympathetick Heart, For Knowledge In The Healing Art! How Fears, Lest Want Of Skill Prevent The Kind Assistance Fondly Meant! No More, By Anxious Dread Possess'd, Shall Terror Fill The Friendly Breast; Whilst In Our Labours Are Combin'd The Healing Arts Of All Mankind” Metadata:

• Title: ➤  The Compleat Family Physician : Or, Universal Medical Repository. Containing The Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of All The Various Maladies To Which Human Nature Is Subject, From The Birth To The Grave. Including The Diseases Peculiar To Seamen, As Well As Those Of Particular Climates; Such As The East And West Indies, Coast Of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. With The Proper Methods Of Treating Lunaticks, And Persons Who Are Subject To Fits Of Any Kind. - And The Best And Most Approved Preservatives Against Epidemick And Contagious Diseases; Such As The Plague, Putrid Fevers, Gaol Distemper, And Other Infections. Together With An Account Of All The Celebrated Spas-Not Only Of This Country, But Such Others Also, As Are Of Great Repute In Other Parts Of The World, And The Waters Of Which Are Usually Imported Into These Kingdoms; With Some Observations On The Virtues And Efficacy Of Sea Water And Bathing. Likewise, Strictures On Quackery In General; And A Candid Examination Of The Respective Merits Of James's Powder, Norton's Drops, Ormskirk Powder, Ward's Drops, And Other Popular Medicines. With A Full Account Of The Various Kinds Of Poisons, Both Animal, Vegetable, And Mineral; And The Best Methods Of Counteracting Their Respective Effects. - Also, The Means To Be Made Use Of For Restoring Drowned Or Strangled Persons, As Published By The Humane Society; And The Plan Of Dr. Hawes, Secretary To That Benevolent Institution, For Preventing Persons Being Buried Alive. To Which Is Added, The Family Surgery. Containing Directions For Treating Green And Old Wounds; Proper Stypticks For Immediately Stopping The Blood In All Cases; And Infallible Applications For The Cure Of The Bite Of Mad Animals, As Well As The Bite Or Sting Of Venomous Animals And Insects. With Some Approved Receipts For The Cure Of Ringworms, Warts, Corns, Bruises, Carbuncles, &c. And Directions For Managing The Eyes, Ears, Teeth, Nails, &c. So As To Prevent Blindness, Deasness, And Lameness In The Feet. Also, The Proper Methods Of Making And Using Salves, Ointments, Pills, Cataplasms, Poultices, Fomentations, Embrocations, &c. &c. Together With The Compleat British Herbal. And A List Of All Such Drugs, Chymicals, &c. As Are Directed To Be Used In The Different Preparations, With Their Prices At Apothecaries Hall, London. The Whole Forming A Compleat Body Of AtDomestick Medicine, Calculated As Well To Assist Gentlemen Of The Faculty, As For The Use Of Private Families; And In Which The Utmost Care Is Taken To Recommend Such Remedies As Are Most Plain And Simple, And Of Course The Least Expensive, And Readiest To Be Procured. By Hugh Smythson, M.D. Late Student At The University Of Leyden. When, On The Bed Of Loath'd Disease, With Streaming Eyes, Affection Sees A Child, A Husband, Wife, Or Friend, And Fears The Much-lov'd Victim's End; How Sighs The Sympathetick Heart, For Knowledge In The Healing Art! How Fears, Lest Want Of Skill Prevent The Kind Assistance Fondly Meant! No More, By Anxious Dread Possess'd, Shall Terror Fill The Friendly Breast; Whilst In Our Labours Are Combin'd The Healing Arts Of All Mankind
• Authors: ➤  Smythson, HughRoyal College of Physicians of London. n 80046799
• Language: English

“The Compleat Family Physician : Or, Universal Medical Repository. Containing The Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of All The Various Maladies To Which Human Nature Is Subject, From The Birth To The Grave. Including The Diseases Peculiar To Seamen, As Well As Those Of Particular Climates; Such As The East And West Indies, Coast Of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. With The Proper Methods Of Treating Lunaticks, And Persons Who Are Subject To Fits Of Any Kind. - And The Best And Most Approved Preservatives Against Epidemick And Contagious Diseases; Such As The Plague, Putrid Fevers, Gaol Distemper, And Other Infections. Together With An Account Of All The Celebrated Spas-Not Only Of This Country, But Such Others Also, As Are Of Great Repute In Other Parts Of The World, And The Waters Of Which Are Usually Imported Into These Kingdoms; With Some Observations On The Virtues And Efficacy Of Sea Water And Bathing. Likewise, Strictures On Quackery In General; And A Candid Examination Of The Respective Merits Of James's Powder, Norton's Drops, Ormskirk Powder, Ward's Drops, And Other Popular Medicines. With A Full Account Of The Various Kinds Of Poisons, Both Animal, Vegetable, And Mineral; And The Best Methods Of Counteracting Their Respective Effects. - Also, The Means To Be Made Use Of For Restoring Drowned Or Strangled Persons, As Published By The Humane Society; And The Plan Of Dr. Hawes, Secretary To That Benevolent Institution, For Preventing Persons Being Buried Alive. To Which Is Added, The Family Surgery. Containing Directions For Treating Green And Old Wounds; Proper Stypticks For Immediately Stopping The Blood In All Cases; And Infallible Applications For The Cure Of The Bite Of Mad Animals, As Well As The Bite Or Sting Of Venomous Animals And Insects. With Some Approved Receipts For The Cure Of Ringworms, Warts, Corns, Bruises, Carbuncles, &c. And Directions For Managing The Eyes, Ears, Teeth, Nails, &c. So As To Prevent Blindness, Deasness, And Lameness In The Feet. Also, The Proper Methods Of Making And Using Salves, Ointments, Pills, Cataplasms, Poultices, Fomentations, Embrocations, &c. &c. Together With The Compleat British Herbal. And A List Of All Such Drugs, Chymicals, &c. As Are Directed To Be Used In The Different Preparations, With Their Prices At Apothecaries Hall, London. The Whole Forming A Compleat Body Of AtDomestick Medicine, Calculated As Well To Assist Gentlemen Of The Faculty, As For The Use Of Private Families; And In Which The Utmost Care Is Taken To Recommend Such Remedies As Are Most Plain And Simple, And Of Course The Least Expensive, And Readiest To Be Procured. By Hugh Smythson, M.D. Late Student At The University Of Leyden. When, On The Bed Of Loath'd Disease, With Streaming Eyes, Affection Sees A Child, A Husband, Wife, Or Friend, And Fears The Much-lov'd Victim's End; How Sighs The Sympathetick Heart, For Knowledge In The Healing Art! How Fears, Lest Want Of Skill Prevent The Kind Assistance Fondly Meant! No More, By Anxious Dread Possess'd, Shall Terror Fill The Friendly Breast; Whilst In Our Labours Are Combin'd The Healing Arts Of All Mankind” Subjects and Themes:

• Subjects: General Practitioners - Medical Dictionaries

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• Internet Archive ID: b28039488