NOTICE. 



New Issue of this Important Work — Enlarged, in part Re-written, and 

 thoroughly Revised to date. 



Nineteenth Edition, Royal Zvo. Handsome Cloth, i os. 6d. 



A DICTIONARY OF 



DOMESTIC MEDICINE AND HOUSEHOLD SURGERY, 



BY 



SPENCER THOMSON, M.D, Edin., L.R.C.S., 



REVISED, AND IN PART RE-WRITTEN. BY THE AUTHOR, 



AND BY 



JOHN CHARLES STEELE, M.D., 



Of Guy's Hospital. 



Witli Appendix on the Management of the Sick-room, and many Hints for the 

 Diet and Comfort of Invalids. 



In its New Form, Dr. Spencer Thomson's "Dictionary of Domestic Medicine" 

 fiilly sustains its reputation as the "Representative Book of tiie Medical Knowledge and 

 Practice of the Day " applied to Domestic Requirements. 



The most recent Improvements in the Treatment of the Sick — in Appliances 

 for the Relief of Pain — and in all matters connected with Sanitation, Hygiene, and 

 the Maintenance of the General Health — will be found in the New Issue in clear 

 and full detail ; the experience of the Editors in the Spheres of Private Practice and of 

 Hospital Treatment respectively, combining to render the Dictionary perhaps the most 

 thoroughly practical work of the kind in the English Language. Many new Engi-avings 

 have been introduced — improved Diagrams of different parts of the Human Body, and 

 Illustrations of the newest Medical, Surgical, and Sanitarj' Apparatus. 



*^* All Directions given in such a form as to be readily and safely Jol lowed. 



FROM THE AUTHOR'S PREFATORY ADDRESS. 



" Without entering upon that difficult ground which correct professional knowledge and educated 

 judgment can alone permit to be safely trodden, there is a wide and extensive field for exertion, and for 

 usefulness, open to the unprofessional, in the kindly offices of a t7~ue DOMESTIC MEDICINE, the timely 

 help and solace of a simple HOUSEHOLD SURGERY, or, better still, in the watchful care more generally 

 known as 'SANITARY PRECAUTION,' which tends rather to preserve health than to cure disease. 

 ' The touch of a gentle hand ' will not be less gentle because guided by knowledge, nor will the sa/e domestic 

 remedies be less anxiously or carefully administered. Life may be saved, suffering may always be alleviated. 

 Even to the resident in the midst of civilization, the 'KNOWLEDGE IS POWER,' to do good; to the 

 settler and emigrant it is INVALUABLE." 



" Dr. Thomson has fully succeeded in conveying to the public a vast amount of useful professional 

 knowledge. "- -Z'KiJ/i'w yotirnal o/ Jllcdical Science. 



" The amount of useful knowledge conveyed in this Work is swrpnsiaz-"— Medical Times and Gazettt. 

 "Worth its weight in gold to families and the c\JB.ViGS."--Oxford Herald. 



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