The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred / and Fifty ThousandRay Vaughn Pierce
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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
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,