Essays medical and experimental ...
By: by Thomas Percival ...
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson
Published: 1772
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Vol. 1, 2d ed., revised and considerably enlarged.
Table of contents: title: [I] The empiric; or, Arguments against the use of theory and reasoning in physic. The dogmatic; or, Arguments for the use of theory and reasoning in physic. Experiments and observations on astringents and bitters. On the uses and operation of blisters. An inquiry into the resemblance between the chyle and milk. An appendix: Experiments and observations on water; particularly on the hard pump water of Manchester. The 2d ed., rev. and enl. On the disadvantages of inoculating children in early infancy. The 2d ed., rev. and enl. On the efficacy of external applications in the ulcerous sore throat.; title: [II] On the Columbo root. On the orchis root. On the waters of Buxton and Matlock in Derbyshire. On the medicinal uses of fixed air. On the antiseptic and sweetening powers, and on the varieties of factitious air. On the noxious vapours of charcoal. On the atrabilis. On sea salt. On coffee. Select histories of diseases, with remarks. Proposals for establishing more accurate and comprehensive bills of mortality.