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The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred / and Fifty Thousand

Ray Vaughn Pierce

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1243 pages

A popular medical manual from the 19th century, written for general readers. Ray Vaughn Pierce presents the basics of anatomy and physiology, along with advice on health and common ailments. It is worth listening to as a historical view of medicine and everyday health care of the era.

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Illustration:
THE PEOPLE'S
COMMON SENSE
MEDICAL ADVISER
IN PLAIN ENGLISH:
OR,
MEDICINE SIMPLIFIED.
BY
R.V. PIERCE, M.D.
ONE OF THE STAFF OF CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND
SURGEONS
AT THE INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE, AND

PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD'S DISPENSARY

MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

FIFTY-FOURTH EDITION.

One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand.

Carefully Revised by the Author, assisted by his full Staff of Associate

Specialists in Medicine and Surgery, the Faculty of the Invalids' Hotel and

Surgical Institute.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1895, by the

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, In the office of the

Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

TO

MY PATIENTS,

WHO HAVE SOLICITED MY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,

FROM THEIR HOMES

IN EVERY STATE, CITY, TOWN, AND ALMOST EVERY HAMLET,

WITHIN THE AMERICAN UNION;

ALSO TO THOSE DWELLING IN EUROPE, MEXICO, SOUTH

AMERICA,

THE EAST AND WEST INDIES, AND OTHER

FOREIGN LANDS,

I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE

THIS WORK.

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Contents

  1. MEDICAL ADVISER
  2. PHYSIOLOGY.
  3. BIOLOGY.
  4. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  5. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  6. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  7. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  8. PHYSICAL AND VITAL PROPERTIES OF THE BLOOD.
  9. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  10. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  11. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY
  12. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  13. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  14. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
  15. THE SPECIAL SENSES.
  16. CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGY.
  17. THE HUMAN TEMPERAMENTS.
  18. MARRIAGE.
  19. REPRODUCTION.
  20. HYGIENE.
  21. HYGIENE DEFINED.—PURE AIR.
  22. FOOD. BEVERAGES. ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. CLOTHING.
  23. PHYSICAL EXERCISE. MENTAL CULTURE. SLEEP. CLEANLINESS.
  24. HYGIENE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.
  25. PRACTICAL SUMMARY OF HYGIENE.
  26. RATIONAL MEDICINE.
  27. THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE.
  28. REMEDIES FOR DISEASE.
  29. BATHS AND MOTION AS REMEDIAL AGENTS.
  30. HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF THE SICK.

and 32 more chapters

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