CONTENTS.

PART I.
Of the general Causes of Diseases.
CHAP. I.
Of Children Page [1]
— Diseased Parents [7]
— Clothing of Children [9]
— Food of ditto [15]
— Exercise of ditto [21]
— Bad Effects of unwholesome Air upon ditto [30]
— Nurses [33]
CHAP. II.
Of the Laborious, &c. [37]
— the Sedentary [47]
— the Studious [54]
CHAP. III.
Of Aliment [62]
CHAP. IV.
Of Air [75]
CHAP. V.
Of Exercise [81]
CHAP. VI.
Of Sleep [87]
— Clothing [89]
CHAP. VII.
Of Intemperance [94]
CHAP. VIII.
Of Cleanliness [100]
CHAP. IX.
Of Infection [106]
CHAP. X.
Of the Passions [111]
— Anger [112]
— Fear ib.
— Grief [116]
— Love [119]
— Religious Melancholy [120]
CHAP. XI.
Of the Common Evacuations [121]
— Stool ib.
— Urine [123]
— Perspiration [125]
— being affected by Changes in the Atmosphere [126]
— Wet Clothes [127]
— Wet Feet ib.
— Night Air [128]
— Damp Beds ib.
— Damp Houses [130]
— Sudden Transitions from Heat to Cold [131]
PART II.
Of Diseases.
CHAP. XII.
Of the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases [135]
CHAP. XIII.
Fevers in general [140]
CHAP. XIV.
Of intermitting Fevers or Agues [147]
CHAP. XV.
Of an Acute Continual Fever [157]
CHAP. XVI.
Of the Pleurisy [163]
—— Bastard ditto [169]
—— Paraphrenitis [170]
CHAP. XVII.
Inflammation of the Lungs [171]
CHAP. XVIII.
Of Consumptions [174]
CHAP. XIX.
Of the Slow or Nervous Fever [188]
CHAP. XX.
Malignant, Putrid, or Spotted Fever [195]
CHAP. XXI.
Miliary Fever [205]
CHAP. XXII.
Remitting Fever [210]
CHAP. XXIII.
The Small-pox [214]
Inoculation [227]
CHAP. XXIV.
The Measles [240]
— Scarlet Fever [245]
— Bilious Fever [247]
CHAP. XXV.
St. Anthony’s Fire [248]
CHAP. XXVI.
Inflammation of the Brain [254]
CHAP. XXVII.
Inflammation of the Eyes [258]
CHAP. XXVIII.
The Quinsey [264]
— Malignant ditto [271]
CHAP. XXIX.
Colds and Coughs [276]
A Common Cough [280]
Hooping-Cough [284]
CHAP. XXX.
Inflammation of the Stomach [289]
—— of the Intestines [291]
Of the Colic [295]
Inflammation of the Kidnies [301]
—— of the Bladder [304]
—— of the Liver [305]
CHAP. XXXI.
Of the Cholera Morbus, and other excessive Discharges from the Stomach and Bowels [309]
— a Diarrhœa, or Looseness [312]
— Vomiting [315]
CHAP. XXXII.
Disorders of the Kidnies and Bladder [319]
Of the Diabetes, or excessive Discharge of Urine ib.
— Suppression of ditto [322]
— the Gravel and Stone [324]
CHAP. XXXIII.
Involuntary Discharges of Blood [328]
Bleeding at the Nose [331]
Bleeding and Blind Piles [334]
Spitting of Blood [337]
Vomiting of ditto [341]
Bloody Urine [342]
—— Flux [345]
Cœliac Passion [351]
CHAP. XXXIV.
Of the Head-ach [352]
—— Tooth-ach [357]
—— Ear-ach [360]
Pain of the Stomach, &c. [362]
CHAP. XXXV.
Of Worms [365]
CHAP. XXXVI.
Of the Jaundice [370]
CHAP. XXXVII.
Of the Dropsy [374]
CHAP. XXXVIII.
Of the Gout [380]
—— Rheumatism [388]
CHAP. XXXIX.
Of the Scurvy [393]
—— Scrophula [398]
—— Itch [403]
CHAP. XL.
Of the Asthma [406]
CHAP. XLI.
Of the Apoplexy [410]
CHAP. XLII.
Of Costiveness [414]
— Want of Appetite [416]
— Heart-burn [418]
CHAP. XLIII.
Of Nervous Diseases [420]
— Melancholy [426]
— the Palsy [430]
— the Epilepsy, or Falling Sickness [432]
— the Hiccup [436]
— Cramp of the Stomach [438]
— the Night-mare [439]
— Swoonings [440]
— Flatulencies, or Wind [443]
— Low Spirits [446]
— Hysteric Affections [447]
— Hypochondriac Affections [451]
CHAP. XLIV.
Disorders of the Senses [456]
—— of the Eye ib.
A Gutta Serena [458]
A Cataract [458]
Short Sightedness [459]
Seeing only at too great a Distance ib.
Squinting ib.
Spots or Specks ib.
Bloodshot Eye ib.
Watery or Weeping Eye [460]
Of the Ear ib.
—— Taste and Smell [463]
—— Touch [465]
CHAP. XLV.
Of a Scirrhus and Cancer [466]
CHAP. XLVI.
Of Poisons [472]
— Mineral Poisons [474]
— Vegetable ditto [475]
Bites of poisonous Animals [477]
—— of the Mad Dog ib.
—— of the Viper [485]
—— of poisonous Infects [486]
—— of the Rattle-Snake [488]
CHAP. XLVII.
Of the Venereal Disease [489]
—— Virulent Gonorrhœa [490]
— Gleets [500]
— Swelled Testicle [503]
— Buboes [504]
— Chancres [506]
— A Confirmed Lues or Pox [510]
General Observations [515]
CHAP. XLVIII.
Diseases of Women [521]
Of the Menstrual Discharge [522]
— Pregnancy [530]
— Childbirth [533]
— Barrenness [542]
CHAP. XLIX.
Diseases of Children [544]
Of the Meconium [546]
— the Apthæ or Thrush [547]
— Acidities [548]
— Galling and Excoriation [550]
— Stoppage of the Nose ib.
— Vomiting [551]
— a Looseness [552]
— Eruptions [554]
— the Croup [557]
— Teething [559]
— the Rickets [562]
— Convulsions [565]
— Water in the Head [567]
CHAP. L.
Of Surgery [569]
— Bleeding [570]
— Inflammations and Abscesses [573]
— Wounds [575]
— Burns [580]
— Bruises [582]
Ulcers [583]
CHAP. LI.
Of Dislocations [586]
Dislocation of the Jaw [588]
—— of the Neck [589]
—— of the Ribs [590]
—— of the Shoulder ib.
—— of the Elbow [591]
—— of the Wrist and Fingers [592]
—— of the Thigh ib.
—— of the Knees ib.
—— of the Ancles ib.
—— of the Toes ib.
CHAP. LII.
Of broken Bones, &c. [593]
— Strains [597]
— Ruptures [598]
CHAP. LIII.
Of Casualties [600]
— Substances stopt between the Mouth and Stomach [602]
— Drowned Persons [608]
— Noxious Vapours [613]
Effects of Extreme Cold [616]
—— Heat [618]
CHAP. LIV.
Of Fainting Fits, and other Cases which require immediate Assistance [618]
— Intoxication [623]
— Suffocation and Strangling [626]
— Persons who expire in Convulsion Fits [629]
CHAP. LV.
Cautions concerning Cold Bathing, and drinking the Mineral Waters [633]