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The family guide to health : or, a general practice of physic: in a familiar way. Containing the most approved methods of cure, for the several disorders of the human body, From the Writings and Practice of The most Eminent Physicians; Adapted to every Capacity, and calculated chiefly for those whose Situation and Circumstances have placed them at a Distance from the Faculty. To which is prefixed, an introduction, containing some necessary Cautions and Considerations for the Preservation of Health; and some Remarks concerning the Pulse, by Dr. Tissot. With a supplement, containing Directions for Bleeding, by Dr. Theobald. And an abstract of the narrative, with many singular Cases, of the surprising Effects of the Meadow Saffron, in the Cure of the Dropsy, by Dr. Anthony Storke, Physician at Vienna, to the Empress Queen. And at the end, particular directions for inoculating the small-pox, and Management of it in the natural Way, after the new Method, by Dr. Dimsdale, and others. Dedicated to the parochial clergy of this Kingdom.
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- Book
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Edema--Early works to 1800.
- Edema.
- Hygiene--Early works to 1800.
- Hygiene.
- Medicine, Popular--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Popular.
- Medicine, Preventive--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Preventive.
- Smallpox--Prevention--Early works to 1800.
- Smallpox.
- Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Diseases.
- Smallpox--Prevention.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xvi,v-xix pages, 1 unnumbered page,318 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,319-331 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Fletcher, Bookseller, at the Oxford Theatre, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and B. Collins, in Salisbury, MDCCLXVII. [1767]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- With an errata leaf between pp. 318 and 319.
- Pp. 319-331: 'Particular directions for inoculating the small pox and also for the management of it, in the natural way'.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from National Library of Medicine.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T101679.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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