
Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 1 / The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practi...
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- MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH-AMERICA; AND A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THEIR DISEASES AND REMEDIES WITH THOSE OF CIVILIZED NATIONS. Read before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, on the 4th of February, 1774.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLIMATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE HUMAN BODY.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE BILIOUS REMITTING FEVER, AS IT APPEARED IN PHILADELPHIA, IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF THE YEAR 1780.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE SCARLATINA ANGINOSA, AS IT APPEARED IN PHILADELPHIA, IN THE YEARS 1783 AND 1784.
- ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS UPON THE Scarlatina Anginosa.
- AN ACCOUNT INTO THE CAUSE AND CURE OF THE CHOLERA INFANTUM.
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE CYNANCHE TRACHEALIS.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE EFFICACY OF BLISTERS AND BLEEDING, IN THE CURE OF OBSTINATE Intermitting Fevers.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISEASE OCCASIONED BY DRINKING COLD WATER IN WARM WEATHER, AND THE METHOD OF CURING IT.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE EFFICACY OF COMMON SALT, IN THE CURE OF HÆMOPTYSIS.
- THOUGHTS UPON THE CAUSE AND CURE OF THE PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.
- OBSERVATIONS UPON WORMS IN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL, AND UPON ANTHELMINTIC MEDICINES.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXTERNAL USE OF ARSENIC, IN THE CURE OF CANCERS.
- OBSERVATIONS UPON THE TETANUS.
- THE RESULT OF OBSERVATIONS MADE UPON THE DISEASES WHICH OCCURRED IN THE MILITARY HOSPITALS OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION UPON THE HUMAN BODY.
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE RELATION OF TASTES AND ALIMENTS TO EACH OTHER, AND INTO THE INFLUENCE OF THIS RELATION UPON HEALTH AND PLEASURE.
- THE NEW METHOD OF INOCULATING FOR THE SMALL-POX. DELIVERED IN A LECTURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY, 1781.
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS UPON THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MEANS OF PREVENTING, AND OF THE REMEDIES FOR CURING THEM.
- PART I.
- PART II.
- PART III.
- OBSERVATIONS OF THE DUTIES OF A PHYSICIAN, AND THE METHODS OF IMPROVING MEDICINE. ACCOMMODATED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN THE UNITED STATES. Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, February 7, 1789, at the conclusion of a course of lectures upon chemistry and the practice of physic. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CLASS.
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE AND CURE OF SORE LEGS.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THE BODY AND MIND IN OLD AGE; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON ITS DISEASES, AND THEIR REMEDIES.
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