The Decade of Medicine or The Physician of the Rich and the Poor: in which all the Signs, Causes and Remedies of Disease Are Clearly Expounded

Front Matter....Pages i-5
Preface....Pages 7-7
The Signs and Causes of Perfect Health....Pages 8-8
The Signs and Causes of Euaemia, or Good Blood, and of Polyaemia or Plethora....Pages 8-9
The Signs and Causes of Excessive Yellow Bile....Pages 9-10
The Signs and Causes of Overpowering Melancholy....Pages 10-11
The Signs and Causes of Excess of Phlegm....Pages 11-11
The Signs and Causes of the Aqueous Humour....Pages 12-12
The Signs and Causes of Severe Flatulence....Pages 12-13
The Signs and Causes of Impending Disease....Pages 13-13
The Signs and Causes of an Attack of Fever....Pages 13-14
The Signs and Causes of Increasing Fever....Pages 14-14
The Signs and Causes of the Febrile State....Pages 14-14
The General Signs and Causes of Fever....Pages 14-15
The Signs and Causes of Subsiding Fever....Pages 15-15
The Signs and Causes of a Benign Illness....Pages 15-16
The Signs and Causes of a Dangerous Disease....Pages 16-17
The Signs and Causes of a Long Illness....Pages 17-18
The Signs and Causes of Impending Crisis....Pages 18-18
The Signs of a Bad Crisis....Pages 19-19
The Signs and Causes of a Favourable Crisis....Pages 19-20
The Signs and Causes of Death....Pages 20-21
The Signs and Causes of Affections of the Head in General....Pages 22-22
The Signs and Causes of the Frenzy....Pages 22-23
The Signs and Causes of Lethargy....Pages 23-23
The Signs and Causes of the Drowsy After-Effects of Lethargy....Pages 23-24
The Signs and Causes of Apoplexy....Pages 24-24
The Signs and Causes of Paralysis....Pages 24-25
The Signs and Causes of the Vertigo....Pages 25-25
The Signs and Causes of Epilepsy....Pages 25-26
The Signs and Causes of Incubus, or Nightmare....Pages 26-26
The Signs and Causes of Melancholic Illness....Pages 26-27
The Signs and Causes of Mania....Pages 27-27
The Signs and Causes of Catarrh....Pages 27-28
Of Rheumatism....Pages 28-28
The Signs and Causes of Ophthalmia....Pages 29-29
Of the Amaurosis, or Gutta Serene....Pages 29-29
The Signs and Causes of Glaucoma and Cataract....Pages 29-30
The Signs and Causes of Inflammation of the Ear....Pages 30-30
The Signs and Causes of Flatus and Obstruction of the Ear....Pages 30-31
The Signs and Causes of Parotiditis....Pages 31-31
The Signs and Causes of Toothache....Pages 31-32
The Signs and Causes of Disorders of the Tongue....Pages 32-32
The Signs and Causes of Disorders Affecting the Nose....Pages 32-33
The Signs and Causes of Inflammation of the Uvula....Pages 33-33
The Signs and Causes of the Quinsy....Pages 33-33
The Signs and Causes of Obstruction of the Lung....Pages 33-34
The Signs and Causes of Asthma and of the Suffocating Catarrh of Import....Pages 34-34
The Signs and Causes of Peripneumonia....Pages 34-35
The Signs and Causes of Empyema, or Suppuration....Pages 35-35
The Signs and Causes of Phthisis, or Wasting....Pages 35-36
The Signs and Causes of True and False Pleurisy....Pages 36-37
The Signs and Causes of Haemoptysis, or Spitting of Blood from the Lung or Chest....Pages 37-37
The Signs and Causes of Syncope....Pages 37-37
The Special Signs and Causes of Fevers, and First of Ephemeral or Diurnal Fever....Pages 38-38
The Signs and Causes of Synochal Fever....Pages 38-38
The Signs and Causes of Quotidian Fever....Pages 38-39
The Signs and Causes of Ardent Fever....Pages 39-39
The Signs and Causes of Tertian Fever....Pages 40-40
The Signs and Causes of Hemitertian Fever....Pages 40-40
The Signs and Causes of Quartan Fever....Pages 40-41
The Signs and Causes of Slow Fever....Pages 41-41
The Signs and Causes of Hectic Fever....Pages 41-42
The Signs and Causes of Cardiac or Syncopal Fever....Pages 42-42
The Signs and Causes of Pestilent Fever....Pages 43-43
The Signs and Causes of Diseases of the Oesophagus, or Gullet, and of the Stomach....Pages 44-44
The Signs and Causes of a Distempered Stomach....Pages 45-45
The Signs and Causes of Cholera....Pages 45-46
The Signs and Causes of Obstruction of the Liver....Pages 46-46
The Signs and Causes of Phlegmon of the Liver....Pages 46-47
The Signs and Causes of Abscess of the Liver....Pages 47-47
The Signs and Causes of Cirrhosis of the Liver....Pages 47-48
The Signs and Causes of Weakness of the Liver....Pages 48-48
The Signs and Causes of Swelling and Cirrhosis of the Spleen....Pages 48-49
The Signs and Causes of Melancholic Hypochondria....Pages 49-49
The Signs and Causes of Diseases of the Mesentery, and Particularly of Its Inflammation....Pages 50-50
The Signs and Causes of Yellow and Black Jaundice....Pages 50-51
The Signs and Causes of Atrophy and Cachexia....Pages 51-51
The Signs and Causes of Hydrops....Pages 51-52
The Signs and Causes Accompanying Retention of the Faeces in the Bowel....Pages 52-53
The Signs and Causes of Iliac Passion, or Volvulus....Pages 53-53
The Signs and Causes of Colic....Pages 53-53
The Signs and Causes of Coeliac and Lienteric Disease....Pages 54-54
The Signs and Causes of Diarrhoea and Dysentery....Pages 54-54
The Signs and Causes of Tenesmus....Pages 55-55
The Signs and Causes of Worms....Pages 55-55
The Signs and Causes of Weakness of the Kidneys....Pages 56-56
The Signs and Causes of Diabetes....Pages 56-57
The Signs of Inflammation of the Kidneys....Pages 57-57
The Signs and Causes of Abscess of the Kidney....Pages 58-58
The Signs and Causes of Nephritis, or Renal Calculus....Pages 58-59
The Signs and Causes of Stones in the Bladder....Pages 59-59
The Signs and Causes of Inflammation of the Bladder....Pages 59-60
The Signs and Causes of Strangury and Dysuria....Pages 60-60
The Signs and Causes of Ischuria....Pages 60-61
The Signs and Causes of Satyriasis, or Priapism....Pages 61-61
The Signs and Causes of True Gonorrhoea....Pages 61-62
The Signs and Causes of Virulent Gonorrhoea....Pages 62-62
The Signs and Causes of Venereal Disease....Pages 62-63
The Signs and Causes of Fiery Distemper of the Uterus....Pages 64-64
The Signs and Causes of Cold Distemper of the Uterus....Pages 64-65
The Signs and Causes of Dry or Moist Distemper of the Uterus....Pages 65-65
The Signs and Causes of Unnatural Suppression of the Menses....Pages 65-66
The Signs and Causes of Suffocation of the Uterus....Pages 66-67
The Signs and Causes of Pallor in Young Girls....Pages 67-67
The Signs and Causes of Uterine Passion....Pages 68-68
The Signs and Causes of Excessive Menses....Pages 68-68
The Signs and Causes of White Discharge in Women, and Its Difference from the Menses....Pages 69-69
The Signs and Causes of Uterine Debility....Pages 69-70
The Signs and Causes of Inflammation of the Uterus....Pages 70-70
The Signs and Causes of Abscess of the Uterus....Pages 70-71
The Signs and Causes of a Scirrhous Uterus....Pages 71-71
A Description of Cancer of the Uterus: Its Signs and Causes....Pages 71-71
The Signs and Causes of a Mole....Pages 72-72
The Signs and Causes of True or Simple Gonorrhoea in Women, and also of Virulent Gonorrhoea....Pages 72-72
The Signs and Causes of Inflation or Tension of the Uterus....Pages 73-73
The Signs and Causes of Hydrops of the Uterus....Pages 73-73
The Signs and Causes of Ascent and Descent of the Uterus....Pages 74-74
The Signs and Causes of Conception....Pages 74-75
The Signs of a Masculine Conception....Pages 75-75
The Signs and Causes of a Female Conception....Pages 75-76
The Signs and Causes of Disorders after Conception....Pages 76-76
The Signs and Causes of Threatened Abortion....Pages 76-77
The Signs and Causes of Death of the Foetus in Utero....Pages 77-77
The Signs and Causes of Difficult Labour....Pages 77-78
The Signs and Causes of Exanthemata....Pages 78-78
The Signs and Causes of Purple Fever....Pages 78-80
The Signs and Causes of Gout....Pages 80-80
The Signs and Causes of Elephantiasis....Pages 81-82
Preface....Pages 83-83
The Four Humours Blood, Bile, Phlegm and Melancholy Are the Causes Common to Health and Disease....Pages 83-84
Every Disease is Expelled by Its Opposite....Pages 84-85
Treatment of Plethora....Pages 85-85
Remedies that Prepare and Purge Bile....Pages 85-86
Remedies that Prepare and Purge Melancholy....Pages 86-87
Remedies that Prepare and Purge Phlegm....Pages 87-88
Remedies to Purge Watery and Serous Humours....Pages 88-88
Remedies to Dispel the Wind....Pages 89-89
Treatment of Ephemeral or Diurnal Fever....Pages 89-90
Treatment of Simple Synochal Fever....Pages 90-91
Treatment of Putrid Synocha....Pages 91-91
Treatment of True Tertian Fever....Pages 92-93
Treatment of True Intermittent Tertian Fever....Pages 93-93
Treatment of False Tertian Fever....Pages 93-94
Treatment of Hemitertian Fever....Pages 94-95
Treatment of Quotidian Fever....Pages 95-96
Treatment of Quartan Fever....Pages 96-96
Treatment of Slow Fever....Pages 97-97
Treatment of Cardiac or Syncopal Fever....Pages 97-98
Treatment of Consumptive Fever....Pages 98-99
Treatment of Pestilent Fever....Pages 99-100
Preface....Pages 101-101
Remedies Indicated for the Head, Known as Cephalics....Pages 102-102
Treatment of Headache....Pages 102-103
Treatment of Cephalea....Pages 103-104
Treatment of the Frenzy....Pages 104-106
Treatment of Lethargy....Pages 106-107
Treatment of the Carus, Catochus or Catalepsy....Pages 107-107
Treatment of Apoplexy....Pages 108-108
Treatment of Paralysis....Pages 108-109
Treatment of Vertigo....Pages 109-110
Treatment of Epilepsy....Pages 110-111
Treatment of a Nightmare....Pages 111-112
Treatment of Melancholic Illness....Pages 112-113
Treatment of Mania....Pages 113-113
Treatment of Catarrh....Pages 114-115
Treatment of Rheumatism....Pages 115-116
Treatment of Ophthalmia....Pages 116-117
Treatment of Suffusion, or Cataract....Pages 117-117
Treatment of Amaurosis, or Gutta Serena....Pages 118-118
Remedies Indicated to Fortify the Eyes....Pages 119-119
Treatment of Inflammation of the Ear....Pages 119-120
Treatment of Flatus and Obstruction of the Ear....Pages 120-121
Treatment of the Mumps....Pages 121-121
Treatment of Disorders of the Nose....Pages 122-123
Treatment of Bleeding from the Nose....Pages 123-124
Treatment of Toothache....Pages 124-124
Treatment of Perverted Taste, Stammering and Palsy of the Tongue....Pages 125-125
Treatment of Inflammation of the Tonsils and of the Uvula....Pages 126-126
Treatment of the Quinsy....Pages 126-127
Remedies Against Diseases of the Chest....Pages 127-128
Treatment of Cough....Pages 128-128
Treatment of Asthma....Pages 128-129
Treatment of Suffocating Catarrh....Pages 129-130
Treatment of Peripneumonia....Pages 130-130
Treatment of Empyema....Pages 130-131
Cure of Phthisis, or Consumption....Pages 132-133
Treatment of Pleurisy....Pages 133-134
Remedies for the Heart, or Cardiacs....Pages 134-135
Treatment of Palpitations of the Heart....Pages 136-137
Treatment of Syncope....Pages 137-138
Treatment of Haemoptysis or Spitting Blood....Pages 138-139
Remedies Pleasing to the Stomach, Known as Stomachics....Pages 140-140
Treatment of a Weak Stomach....Pages 141-142
Treatment of Cholera....Pages 142-143
Remedies Peculiar to the Liver, or Hepatics....Pages 143-143
Treatment of Obstruction of the Liver....Pages 143-144
Treatment of Inflammation of the Liver....Pages 144-145
Treatment of Abscess of the Liver....Pages 145-146
Treatment of Cirrhosis of the Liver....Pages 146-147
Treatment of Debility of the Liver....Pages 147-148
Remedies for the Spleen, or Splenics....Pages 148-149
Treatment of Splenetics, That is, Those Whose Spleen is Tense and Hard....Pages 149-150
Treatment of Hypochondriac Melancholy....Pages 150-151
Treatment of Disorders of the Mesentery....Pages 151-151
Treatment of Jaundice....Pages 152-153
Treatment of Cachexia, or Poor Physical Condition....Pages 153-154
Treatment of Dropsy....Pages 154-155
Treatment of Ileus, or Volvulus....Pages 156-156
Treatment of Colic....Pages 156-158
Treatment of the Lienteric and the Coeliac Flux....Pages 158-158
Treatment of Diarrhoea....Pages 159-159
Treatment of Dysentery....Pages 159-161
Treatment of Tenesmus....Pages 161-161
Treatment of Worms....Pages 161-162
Nephritics, or Remedies Suited to the Kidneys....Pages 163-164
Treatment of Weakness of the Kidneys....Pages 164-165
Treatment of Diabetes....Pages 165-166
Treatment of Urinary Incontinence not Due to Heat in the Kidneys....Pages 166-167
Treatment of Inflammation of the Kidneys....Pages 167-168
Treatment of Abscess of the Kidney....Pages 168-169
Treatment of Renal Pain or Calculus....Pages 169-171
Treatment of Bladder Stone....Pages 171-173
Treatment of Inflammation of the Bladder....Pages 173-173
Treatment of Strangury and Dysuria....Pages 174-175
Treatment of Ischuria....Pages 175-176
Treatment of Priapism, or Satyriasis....Pages 176-176
The Diet for Those Unable to Fulfil Their Marital Duties and for Those of Celibate Habit....Pages 177-177
Treatment of True Gonorrhoea....Pages 178-179
Treatment of Virulent Gonorrhoea....Pages 179-179
Treatment of Venereal Disease....Pages 180-182
Preface....Pages 183-183
Hysterics, or Uterine Remedies....Pages 183-184
Treatment of Unnatural Suppression of the Menses....Pages 184-185
Treatment of Pallor in Young Girls....Pages 185-186
Treatment of the Hysteric Suffocation, or Furor Uterinus....Pages 186-187
Treatment of Excessive Menstrual Flow....Pages 187-188
Treatment of the White Flux....Pages 188-189
Treatment of Weakness of the Uterus....Pages 189-190
Treatment of Phlegmon and Erysipelas of the Uterus....Pages 190-191
Treatment of Abscess of the Uterus....Pages 191-191
Treatment of Scirrhus of the Uterus....Pages 192-192
Treatment of Cancer of the Uterus....Pages 192-193
Treatment of Fleshy Mole....Pages 193-194
Treatment of True or Simple Gonorrhoea in Women....Pages 195-195
Treatment of Virulent Gonorrhoea in Women....Pages 195-196
Treatment of Inflation or Tension of the Uterus....Pages 196-197
Treatment of Hydrops of the Uterus....Pages 197-198
Treatment of Ascent, Descent and Procidentia or Prolapse of the Uterus....Pages 198-199
The Management of Pregnancy....Pages 200-201
Remedies to Expel the Dead Foetus....Pages 201-202
Remedies for a Difficult Labour....Pages 202-203
Remedies to Expel the Afterbirth or Chorion from the Uterus....Pages 203-204
Treatment of Sterility Due to Various Causes....Pages 204-205
Treatment of Exanthemata....Pages 205-206
Treatment of Porphyra, or the Purple Fever....Pages 207-208
Treatment of Gout....Pages 208-210
Treatment of Elephantiasis....Pages 210-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-216