A compendium of domestic medicine
Subtitle: and companion to the medicine chest. Comprising plain directions for the employment of medicines, with their properties and doses; and brief descriptions of the symptoms and treatment of diseases and of the disorders incidental to infants and children; with directions for restoring suspended animation, and for counteracting the effects of poison. Also a selection of the most efficacious prescriptions, and various mechanical auxiliaries to medicine. To which is added an appendix on cod-liver oil, with observations on its use, &c. The whole intended as a source of easy reference for clergymen, master mariners, and travellers; and for families resident at a distance from professional assistance
By: by John Savory
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: John Churchill
Published: 1852
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Popular Medicine
Notes: Includes index.