Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 2 / The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author

by Benjamin Rush

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MEDICAL INQUIRIES
AND
OBSERVATIONS.

BY BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, AND OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
THE SECOND EDITION,
REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE AUTHOR.
PHILADELPHIA,
PUBLISHED BY J. CONRAD & CO. CHESNUT-STREET, PHILADELPHIA; M. & J. CONRAD & CO. MARKET-STREET, BALTIMORE; RAPIN, CONRAD, & CO. WASHINGTON; SOMERVELL & CONRAD, PETERSBURG; AND BONSAL, CONRAD, & CO. NORFOLK.
PRINTED BY T. & G. PALMER, 116, HIGH-STREET.
1805.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

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An inquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty	[1]
Observations upon the cause and cure of pulmonary consumption	[59]
Observations upon the symptoms and cure of dropsies	[151]
Inquiry into the cause and cure of the internal dropsy of the brain	[191]
Observations upon the nature and cure of the gout	[225]
Observations on the nature and cure of the hydrophobia	[299]
An account of the measles, as they appeared in Philadelphia in the spring of 1789	[335]
An account of the influenza, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the years 1790 and 1791	[351]
An inquiry into the cause of animal life	[369]

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