CONTENTS.
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BOOK I.
PREFACE 1
CHAP.?I. Rules for the healthy, 16
II. Rules for valetudinary people, 17
III. Observations suited to new incidents, and the different constitutions, sexes, and ages; and the seasons of the year, 19
IV. Rules for those that have a weakness in the head, 26
V. Directions for those that labour under a lippitude, gravedo, catarrh, and disorders of the tonsils, 27
VI. The proper regimen for people liable to a purging, 28
VII. Rules for those that are liable to a pain of the colon, 29
VIII. Rules for one that has a weak stomach, 29
IX. Directions for those that are liable to pains of the nerves, 30
X. Directions in a pestilence, 31
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BOOK II.
PREFACE, 33
CHAP.?I. Of the different seasons, weather, ages, constitutions, and the diseases peculiar to each, 34
II. Of the signs of an approaching illness, 38
III. Good symptoms in sick people, 39
IV. Bad symptoms in sick people, 40
V. Signs of long sickness, 42
VI. The symptoms of death, 43
VII. Of the signs in particular diseases, 46
VIII. What symptoms are dangerous, or hopeful in particular diseases, 52
IX. Of the cure of diseases, 59
X. Of bleeding, 60
XI. Of cupping, 64
XII. Of purging by internal medicines and clysters, 65
XIII. Of vomiting, 67
XIV. Of friction, 68
XV. Of gestation, 70
XVI. Of abstinence, 71
XVII. Of sweating, 72
XVIII. The different kinds of food and drink, 74
XIX. General properties of different foods, 77
XX. Of things containing good juices, 78
XXI. Of foods containing bad juices, 78
XXII. Of mild and acrid things, 79
XXIII. Of those things which generate a thick and a fluid phlegm, 79
XXIV. Of what agrees with the stomach, 80
XXV. Of things hurtful to the stomach, 80
XXVI. Of those things which occasion flatulencies; and the contrary, 81
XXVII. Of those things which heat and cool, 81
XXVIII. Of what is easily corrupted in the stomach, 82
XXIX. Of what opens the belly, 82
XXX. Of what binds the belly, 83
XXXI. Of diuretic meats and drinks, 83
XXXII. Of soporiferous, and exciting substances, 84
XXXIII. Of those things which draw, repel, or cool, or heat, or harden, or soften, 84
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BOOK III.
CHAP.?I. General division of distempers, 86
II. General diagnostics of acute and chronic, increasing and declining diseases; the difference of regimen in each; and precautions necessary upon the apprehension of an approaching illness, 87
III. Of the several kinds of fevers, 89
IV. Of the different methods of cure, 91
V. Particular directions for giving food in the different species of fevers, 95
VI. The proper times for giving drink to persons in fevers; and the kinds of aliments suited to the several stages of the distempers; together with some general observations, 99
VII. The cure of pestilential, and ardent fevers, 103
VIII. The cure of a semitertian, 105
IX. The cure of slow fevers, 105
X. Remedies for the concomitant symptoms of fevers, 107
XI. Remedies against a coldness of the extremities, preceding a fever, 108
XII. The cure of a shuddering before fevers, 109
XIII. The cure of a quotidian fever, 110
XIV. The cure of a tertian, 111
XV. The cure of a quartan, 112
XVI. The cure of a double quartan, 113
XVII. The cure of a quotidian arising from a quartan, 114
XVIII. Of the several kinds of madness, and their cure, 115
XIX. Of the cardiac disorder, and its cure, 121
XX. Of the lethargy, and its cure, 123
XXI. Of the several species of the dropsy, and their cure, 124
XXII. Of the several species of consumptions, and their cure, 129
XXIII. Of the epilepsy, and its cure, 133
XXIV. Of the jaundice, and its cure, 135
XXV. Of the elephantiasis, and its cure, 136
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XXVI. Of apoplectic patients, and their cure, 137
XXVII. Of a palsy, and its cure, 138
Of a pain of the nerves, 139
Of a tremor of the nerves, 139
Of internal suppurations, 140
BOOK IV.
CHAP.?I. Of the Internal parts of the human body, 141
II. Of the disorders of the head, and their cure, 144
Of pains of the head, and a hydrocephalus, 144
Of the cynicus spasmus, 146
Of a palsy of the tongue, 147
Of a catarrh and gravedo, 147
III. Of diseases of the neck, and their cure, 149
IV. Of diseases of the fauces, 151
Several species of angina, 151
Difficulty of breathing, 152
An ulcer in the fauces, 154
A cough, 154
A spitting of blood, 155
And their cure, 157
V. Of the disorders of the stomach, and their cure, 158
VI. Of pains of the sides and a pleurisy, and their cure, 161
VII. Of a peripneumony, and its cure, 162
VIII. Of the diseases of the liver, and their cure, 164
IX. Of the diseases of the spleen, and their cure, 165
X. Of the diseases of the kidneys, and their cure, 166
XI. Of the cholera, and its cure, 167
XII. Of the coeliack distemper of the stomach, and its cure, 169
XIII. Of the distemper of the small gut, and its cure, 170
XIV. Of the distemper of the large intestine, and its cure, 171
XV. Of a dysentery, and its cure, 172
XVI. Of a lientery, and its cure, 174
XVII. Of worms in the belly, and their cure, 175
XVIII. Of a tenesmus, and its cure, 175
XIX. Of a simple purging, and its cure, 176
XX. Of the diseases of the womb, and their cure, 178
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XXI. Of an excessive discharge of semen, and its cure, 180
XXII. Of the diseases of the hips, and their cure, 181
XXIII. Of a pain in the knees, and its cure, 182
XXIV. Of the diseases of the joints of the hands and feet, and their cure, 182
XXV. Of the treatment of patients recovering, 184
BOOK V.
PREFACE, 186
CHAP.?I. Medicines for stopping blood, 187
II. Agglutinants and restringents, 187
III. Medicines for promoting a suppuration, 188
IV. Medicines for opening wounds, 188
V. Cleansers, 188
VI. Corroding medicines, 189
VII. Eating medicines, 189
VIII. Caustics, 190
IX. Medicines for forming crusts upon ulcers, 190
X. Resolvents for crusts, 190
XI. Discutients, 191
XII. Evacuating and drawing medicines, 191
XIII. Lenients, 191
XIV. Incarning medicines, 192
XV. Emollients, 192
XVI. Cleansers of the skin, 192
XVII. Of the mixture of simples, and the proportion of the weights, 193
XVIII. Of malagmas, in all thirty-six recited, 194
XIX. Of plaisters, in all twenty-nine recited, 201
XX. Of troches, in all seven recited, 207
XXI. Of pessaries, in all seven recited, 208
XXII. Medicines, used either in a dry form, or mixed with liquids, 210
XXIII. Of antidotes, and their use, 212
XXIV. Of acopa, 213
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XXV. Of catapotia, 214
XXVI. Of five different kinds of disorders incident to the body; and of the nature, symptoms, and cure of wounds, 217
Bad consequences from wounds, 230
Cure of an old ulcer, 231
Cure of an erysipelas, 232
Cure of a gangrene, 232
XXVII. Of wounds caused by bites, poisons taken internally, and burns, 235
XXVIII. Of external disorders proceeding from internal causes, and their cure, 240
Of a carbuncle, 241
Of a cancer, 242
Of a therioma, 244
Of the ignis sacer, 245
Of the chironian ulcer, 246
Of ulcers occasioned by cold, 247
Of the scrophula, 247
Of a furuncle, 248
Of phymata, 248
Of a phygethlon, 248
Of abscesses, 248
Of fistulas, 250
Of the cerion ulcer, 253
Of the acrochordon, &c. 254
Of pustules, 256
Of the scabies, 257
Of the impetigo, 258
Of the papula, 258
Of the vitiligo, 259
BOOK VI.
CHAP.?I. Of hairs falling off the head, 261
II. Of a porrigo, 261
III. Of the sycosis, 262
IV. Of the areæ, 263
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V. Of vari, lenticulæ, and ephelides, 264
VI. Of the disorders of the eyes, carbuncles of the eyes, pustules, wasting, lice in the eye-lids, dry lippitude, dimness, a cataract, palsy, mydriasis, a weakness, and external hurts in the eyes, and the various collyriums adapted to each disorder, 265
VII. Of the diseases of the ears; pain, pus in the ears, worms, dulness of hearing, a noise, extraneous bodies in the ears, 281
VIII. Of the diseases of the nose, 287
IX. Of the toothach, 288
X. Of the diseases of the tonsils, 290
XI. Of ulcers of the mouth, 291
XII. Of ulcers of the tongue, 293
XIII. Of parulides and ulcers in the gums, 293
XIV. Of an inflammation of the uvula, 295
XV. Of a gangrene of the mouth, 295
XVI. Of parotid swellings, 297
XVII. Of a prominent navel, 297
XVIII. Of the diseases of the private parts, 298
Diseases of the anus, rhagadia, and condylomata, 303
Of the hæmorrhoides, 304
Of a prolapsus of the anus or womb, &c. 305
XIX. Of ulcers in the fingers, 306
BOOK VII.
PREFACE, The province of surgery, &c. 306
CHAP.?I. Of contusions 310
II. Of the operations necessary in suppurated tumours 310
III. Of the good or bad symptoms of suppurations 313
IV. Of fistulas, in the ribs, belly, and anus 314
V. Of extracting weapons out of the body 317
VI. Of a ganglion, meliceris, atheroma, steatoma, and other tubercles of the head 320
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VII. Of the diseases of the eyes cured by manual operations; of vesicles in the upper eye-lids 321
Of a crithe, chalazium, and unguis 322
Of an encanthis 324
Of the ancyloblepharon, and the ægilops 324
Of hairs in the eye-lashes irritating the eye 326
Of the lagopthalmus 328
Of an ectropium, and the staphyloma 328
Description of the eye 329
Of a cataract 330
Of a flux of gum, and the requisite operations 331
VIII. Of the operations required in the ears 334
IX. The operation necessary in a want of substance in the ears, lips, and nose 335
X. Of the extirpation of a polypus in the nose 337
XI. The chirurgical cure of an ozæna 337
XII. Of the operations in the mouth; of the teeth 338
Of indurated tonsils, of the uvula 339
Of the tongue, an abscess under it, and chopt lips 340
XIII. Of the bronchocele 341
XIV. Of the operations performed at the navel 342
XV. The method of discharging the water in hydropic people 344
XVI. Of wounds in the belly and intestines 345
XVII. Of a rupture of the peritonæum 346
XVIII. A description of the testicles, and their diseases 347
XIX. General directions for operations in the foregoing diseases about the testicles 351
XX. Of the cure of a rupture of the intestine into the scrotum 354
XXI. Of the cure of a rupture of the omentum into the scrotum 356
XXII. Of the cure of a ramex of the scrotum 357
XXIII. Of the cure of a sarcocele 359
XXIV. Of the cure of a ramex in the groin 359
XXV. The operations requisite in the disorders of the penis 360
XXVI. Of the operation necessary in a suppression of urine; and lithotomy 362
XXVII. Of a gangrene after cutting for the stone 370
XXVIII. Of the operations required, when a membrane or flesh obstructs the vagina in women 373
XXIX. The method of extracting a dead fœtus out of the womb 373
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XXX. The operations required in diseases of the anus 376
XXXI. Of varices in the legs 378
XXXII. Operations required in cohering and crooked fingers 379
XXXIII. Of the operation required in a gangrene 380
BOOK VIII.
CHAP.?I. Of the situation and figure of the bones of the human body 381
II. General division of disorders in the bones. Of a blackness and caries, and their treatment 388
III. Of the use of the modiolus, and perforator, and other instruments, especially for the bones of the head 390
IV. Of fractures of the skull 393
V. Of fractures of the nose 399
VI. Of fractures of the ears 400
VII. Of a fractured maxilla, together with some general observations relating to fractures 401
VIII. Of a fractured clavicle 402
IX. Of fractures of the ribs and spine 404
X. Of fractures of the humerus, fore-arm, thigh, leg, fingers, and toes 406
XI. Of luxations 414
XII. Of a luxated maxilla 416
XIII. Of a luxation of the head 417
XIV. Of a luxation of the spine 418
XV. Of a luxation of the humerus 419
XVI. Of a luxation of the cubitus 420
XVII. Of a luxated hand 421
XVIII. Of luxations in the palm 422
XIX. Of luxations of the fingers 422
XX. Of a luxation of the femur 423
XXI. Of a luxation of the knee 424
XXII. Of a luxated ancle 425
XXIII. Of luxations in the soles of the feet 425
XXIV. Of luxated toes 426
XXV. Of luxations attended with a wound 426
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