The medical companion, or family physician treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure and means of prevention ... ; a dispensatory for preparing family medicines, and glossary explaining technical terms To which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body ... an essay on hygiene, or the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine an American materia medica, pointing out the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants also, the nurse's guide. Embracing a treatise on epidemic ... cholera / By James Ewell.

Ewell, James, 1773-1832.

Date:: 1836

Credit: The medical companion, or family physician treating of the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, cure and means of prevention ... ; a dispensatory for preparing family medicines, and glossary explaining technical terms To which are added a brief anatomy and physiology of the human body ... an essay on hygiene, or the art of preserving health, without the aid of medicine an American materia medica, pointing out the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants also, the nurse's guide. Embracing a treatise on epidemic ... cholera / By James Ewell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$~ Mc GENERAL INDEX. __ © § 623° Sa sb powders, doses 585 Chorea, or St. Vitus’s dance 472 how prepared 591 Chremes, a story of, a lesson to the intem- | mixture 600 perate 1h Cancer, treatment of 327 | Christian, his consolation © 104 of the womb 429 | Chyle, how conveyed 52 Cancer root, astringent 482 | Cider, ' wh en Sieur } re i _ Candleberry myrtle, emetic 4 4 | 482 | Ginquefoil, useful in bowel complaints 487 ‘Caraway, excellent aromatic 482 | Circulation of the blood, how performed 46 Carrol, Mrs., cured of bilious fever by por- Clap, or gonorrhea 301 Wey ter » 165 | Cleanliness promotes health and preserves Carrol, Charles, his death and character 232) beauty ® i 138 Carbonic acid, or fixed air 64 | —— , its importance, in sickness, 3], 441, Carrot, wild, diuretic » 482 i B65 poultices, how prepared 615 | Cleavers, good for the gravel . >, 484 corrects fetid ulcers . _. 483] Clinias,calmed bymusic | 1 Cartwright, Dr., thanks due to him for his. Clothing of infants Vin dk. a 438 essays on malignant fever . 347 Club-foot, management of ‘ 452 his manner of administering do- Clysters, or glysters, MeN 2 ses of medicine to his patients 367 | Cocum, used inrheumatism | __ 484 Cartilages, description of 35 | Cock-up-hat, useful in yaws 484 Castor oil, doses of 582 | Coffee, properties of 80 ——.—— how made | 483 | Cohush, for rheumatism rs 484 ‘Cataplasm of mustard — 615 | Cold, for catarrhy 60 902 , of common salt 615 ‘remarks on the popular remedies 202, of alum 615 of foot bathing : 203 Catarrh, or cold =~ 202 of éold drinks 208. =»! Cat gut, or goat’s rue, remedy for worms 483 | —— of full vomiting _~ 204 Cathartics, class. of 587 of steaming the head 206 «Cathartic mixture, doses of 585 | —— inhaling vapor of hot water 207 « ———_——_ how prepared : 588,| —— prevention of 210 Catheter, manner of introducing 262 | —— importance of avoiding the exciting ‘Caustic, alkali, doses of 531 causes Qh) — how prepared ‘e 609. exposure to intense 82, 212 Caution to-parents ~ 445 | Coldness of the extremities in fevers 168, 184, ; to masters q 31 ee 192 Celandine, useful in cutaneous affections _ 483 | Cold water, its operation upon the sto- Cellular membrane, use of x 40] mach 203 Centaury, good stomachic: _ ; 483 | ——- , the impression it makes when | ‘Chalk, prepared, doses of 582.| ‘externally applied . 203: ‘Chapman, Professor, his great zeal,in dif- Cold bath when beneficial Nonna 3 fusing knowledge 474 | Cold washing of infants _ 44i a treatment of epidemic 306 | Cold plague, its fatality, letter roabeene 346 — attests the efficacy of seneca in Colliquative sweats 257 obstructions of the menses 558, and bal- __ | Colic, treatment of 283 sam capaivi, in gonorrhoea 302 | Colic pains, in children _ 461 Chancres + 307 | Collection and preservation | of vegetable Chalybeate'wine, how Hn ake 605| substances ee 560 Charcoal powder, how prepargs ‘610 | Colts-foot, useful in coughs 485 — poultice, how made ca 616 | Columbo, ‘American, good tonic 485 Charity, godlike act 561 | Comfrey, astringent i 485 “Charlemagne, nobleness of 89 | Common dileers levine eee Cheerfulness consistent with religion . 148 | Conception, signs of ‘ 386 Cherry tree, wild, substitute for Che Conscience, the effects of, &e. i; 106 bark oo Congestion, signs of 168 Cheselden, Dr., on anatomy | » 34} Conclusion and general remarks 572 ~ Cheyne, Dr., his mode of are. ee ee fetes, how to be arrested _ 18s Chestereld, Lord, on i dress * 136 onsumption — 253 Chicken p 1s ae 249 a use of refrigerating faedicties, a Chicken w bea how m BIG Loins” sun . Chickweed, , red, reme tor talib chia’ 484 | ——--——— of balsamic, do. ite 56 Chilblains 322 | — —— of inhalation and fumi 257 Child, position of in the Word 388 | of sedatives «| 258 Child-be d, management of A\2 of exercise Filan’, 269 ‘diseases oe ah 4 414 Convulsions i in children eae MBS Children, management of Lo. 412) —— in pregnancy ahgiias MF Ai5\ Ok Chills and fevers, vulgat mode of treating 564 | — in labor . 410 . Chin, or whooping cough . 470 | ——————— hysterical 269 Chloresis, or ickness. 4» 877 | Corday, Charlotte, interesting history of 132 Chocolate, properties of: Ra 3 Nah 80.) Cordial mixture 598 pole infantum , it 465 | Coriander, good aromatic 485 ‘ morbus a. jg ine 280 Cornaro, by ara de restores a consti- _ idenai¢ or j nant PERO a et tution impaire sien “Ghorde a A is 8 Re my 302 } Corns, treatment # $25 ee ic *$

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