The new domestic medicine ... / abridged from Dr. Buchan; also ... the notes of J. Hunter, and other eminent physicians.

  • William Buchan
Date:
[between 1790 and 1799?]
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Credit: The new domestic medicine ... / abridged from Dr. Buchan; also ... the notes of J. Hunter, and other eminent physicians. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But the fuperftition has been carried ftill further, and many bury the dead in churches, where the air at the beft is feldom good, for churches are not frequently open above once in a week. In China, confident with the practice of all ancient nations, dead bodies are depofited in fields fome miles from the towns and cities; but there is little reafon to hope that this will take place in our country till the legiflative power has interpofed to put a ftop to fuch a prevailing abufe. Thofe who go into churches would do well to keep fome herbs, fuch as fage or rue, in their noficrils, becaufeby fuch a prac- tice they would in a great meafure prevent the fpreading of the infection; for in all cafes of that nature it is much better to prevent difeafes, than to be at the trouble of curing them. F I N I S.
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