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, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edingburgh.

  • Buchan, William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1786
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    The qualities of, aft more fenfibly on the body, than is gene- rally imagined, 83. The fcveral noxious qualities of, fpecified, 84. in large cities, polluted by various circumftaiiccs, ibid. The air in churches, how rendered unwholefeme, 85. Huufes ought to be ventilated daily, 86. The danger attending Idiall apartments, .87. Perfons whofe bufinefs confines them to town ou^;ht (O flei'p in the country, ibid. High wjIIs obltruft the free current of air, £8. Tiees ftiould not be plan ed too near to houfe;'., ibid. Fre(h air peculiarly neceflary for the fick, 89. The f!ck in hofpi;aIs in mere danger from the want of freih air, than from thc-ir diforders, 90. Wholefonienefs of the morning air, 94. The cliangeablenefs of, one great caule of catching cold, 140. Thofe who keep inoft within doors, the moft fenfible of thefe chances, 141. Of the uight, to be carefully guarded againftj I.1Z. Fiefii air often of more efficacy in difeales chari niecicinc, 155. its importance in fevers, 161. 177. States of, liable to produce putrid feverf, 217. Mult be kept cool and frefli in fick chambers under this difc'rcer, 220. Lhange of, one of the molt elFeftual remedies for the hooping-cough, 316. The qualities of, a maaerial confidetation for afthmatic patients, 4^1. The various ways by which it may be rendered noxious, 67-, Confined, iiow to try, and purify, 678. Method of recovering perfons poifcned by foul a,r, ibid. Frefti, of the greateft ini- portancc in faiiiting fit?, 687. Aitken. IVIr. his trcatife, on the nature and cure of fradlures, re- commended, 656, note. Alcali, cauuic, recommended in the flone, 362. How to prepare it, 363, note. Aliment is capable of changing the whole conflitution of the body, 6y. Will in many caies anfwer every intention in the cure of difeafes, 70. Ths calls of hunger- and ihiril, futlicient for re- gulating the due quactity of, ihid. The quality of, how injured, ibid. A due mixture of vegetables neceflary with our animal food, 73. To what the bid efi'efts of tea are principally owing, 74. Water, good and bad, diflinguifhed, 75. Inquiry into the qualities «.* fermented liquors, with inilruajons for the doe making of them, 76,' ; The qualities of good bread, and why adukeraced by bakrrf, 78. General rules for the choice of food, 79. Ought not to be ion uniform, 80. M^als ought to he taken at regular times, ibid. Long failing injurious both to old and young. Si. Bieakfaiis and foppers, 82. Changes of diet ought to be gi adualiy m&de. Hid. Amaunjis. See Gutta JereM- American Indians, tlieir method of curing the venereal difeafe, 568. ■ A?nujefiicn}s, ledcntary, improper for ledentary perfons, 58. Ought always to be of adive kind, 95. Anafarca. 2ite Dropjy, - Anger., yioient fi's of, injurious to the confuUHion, 125. Tran- quillity of raiad effential to health, ibid. Animal