Volume 1

Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan.

  • Buchan William, 1729-1805.
Date:
1791
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Credit: Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Mvrhtfic* Caufing difeafe, or difeafed. Mucus, The matter difcharged from the nofe] lungs, &c. ^ Myfentery, A double membrane which cohnecfls the intef- tines to the back bone. N. ■ * Nervous,. Irritable. - Naufea, An inclination to vomit. Nodes. Enlargements of the bones produced by the venereal difeafe, , P. PeSioral. Medicines adapted to cure difeafcs of the breafl:. Pelvis, The bones fituated at the lower part of the trunk ; thus named from their refembling in fome meafure a bafon. Peritonoewn, A membrane lining the cavity of the belly and covering the inteftines. Pericardium. Membrane containing the heart. Perfpiration. The matter difcharged from the pores of the Ikin in form of vapour or fweat. Phlogijion. Is here ufed to fignify fomewhat rendering the air unfit for the purpofes of refpiration. Phlegmatic. Watery, relaxed. Plethoric. Replete with blood. Polypus. A difeafed excrefcence, or a fubfrance formed of coaguiable lymph, frequently found in the large blood veflels. Pus. Matter contained in a boil. R. Regimen. Regulation of diet. Re£lum. The ftraight gut, in which the fosces are con- tained. Refpiration. The ac^ of breathing. S. Saliva. The fluid fecreted by the glands of the mouth. Sanies. A thin bad matter, difcharged from an ilk condi- tioned lore. Scirrhous. A ftate of difeafed hardnefs. Slough. A part feparated and thrown off by fuppuration, Spafm. A difeafed contradtion. Spine, The back bone. Z z 4 Styptic*