A practical key to the confidential doctor at home : in accordance with The book of prudential revelations, and The golden bible of nature / by A. de Fontaine.

  • Fontaine, A. de, 1798-
Date:
1845
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Credit: A practical key to the confidential doctor at home : in accordance with The book of prudential revelations, and The golden bible of nature / by A. de Fontaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    hnxc submitted to; Gth, the precise time they were taken sick; 7th, a full description of the causes, effects, signs, and symptoms they have experienced; and all which exist at present. Letters should he directed thus: De. A. De FONTAINE, Springfield, Money Letter. ) Taid (double) Postage. ) Mass. N. P.. No letters will be taken out of the post-office, unless they are post paid. The freight of all parcels mast also he paid. No medicines will l>c sent out unless a sum, equal to the price of it, has been sent to the Doctor. If any balance, above the price of the medicine is sent, it shall he returned with the medicine. Mask well! Dr. Fontaine, when at home, and consistent with his affairs, will attend to the poor, gratis, two or more hours every day. And all of this class who feel disposed to avail themselves of the opportunity, will be kindly welcomed, at the appointed hours, to his office. To Ladies and Gentlemen:— The following catalogue of medicines is presented to the inspection. more particularly of the ladies, as the most true philanthropists, whenever any one is visited by sickness, requesting you to give attention to the ac- companying recommendations and remarks. The mind of the invalid, by the enervating action of disease, is often reduced to a state of depression, bordering upon horror and despair; and in this state, he easily becomes induced, by the slightest intimation that any medicine may relieve him, to try the same, often to the aggravation of the malady- You will not, therefore, encourage the sick and invalids to make use of any medicine, until you are yourself persuaded, from un- doubted tacts, of its efficacy; but you may venture a trial of any remedy, when it is offered with such affidavits of support, as to insure you a good result. The assurances, in any case, must always depend upon the mer- its, respectability, good report, professional skill, and success of the phy- sician wlio recommends them. To avoid every shadow of imposition, then, the method adopted at the first introduction of our prescriptions and recipes to your notice is such as admits of no doubt of their certain benefits. They are accompanied by every requisition above named, as may be seen in our ' Text Book,' a voluminous Physiological and Medical Work,' The Book of Prudential ]!((•<'•■■ r. The Confidential Doctoral //>.'»*,' &c. When one is subjected to sickness, is not always the time to look out for remedies; and prudence teaches us to be provided with them in the intervals of health, and then, when attacked by disease, we shall not be at a loss for a guide to recovery. Do not decline considering the subject, saying. ' We have a doctor and medicines too.'