A BOOK NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT. 



Thirtieth Edition. Royal 8vo, Handsome Cloth, 10s. 6d. 



A DICTIONARY OF 



DOMESTIC MEDiCINEAND HOUSEHOLD SURGERY, 



BY 



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



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



JOHN CHARLES STEELE, M.D., 



Late of Guy's Hospital, 

 and BY 



GEO. REID, M.D., D.P.H., 



Med. Offices, Staffs. County Council. 



With 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" 

 fally sustai n s its reputation as the " Representative Book of the Medical Knowledge and 

 Practice of the Day applied to Domestic Requirements. 



The most recent Improvements m 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, of Hospital 

 Treatment, and of Sanitary Supervision respectively, combining to render the Dictionary 

 perhaps the most thoroughly practical work of the kind in the English Language. Many 

 new Engravings have been introduced — improved Diagrams of different parts of the Human 

 Body, and Illustrations of the newest Medical, Surgical, and Sanitary Apparatus. 



\* All Directions given in such a form as to be readily and safely followed. 



FROM THE AUTHOR'S PREFATORY ADDRESS 



ing upon that difficult ground which correct professional knowledg* 

 .aent can alone permit to be safely trodden, there is a wide and extensive field for exertion, and for usefulnes*, 



jkoi emu *iuuc pcruui 10 uc saiuy uuuucu, mere u a wius «uiu caicllmvc ncia lor exeraon, ana tor Ufreruines*, 

 open to the unprofessional, in the kindly offices of" a true DOMESTIC MEDICINE, the timely help and 

 wlace of a simple HOUSEHOLD SURGERY, or, better still, in the watchful care more generally known as 

 ' SANITARY PRECAUTION,' which tends rather to preserre health than to cure disease. ' The touch of a 

 gentle hand ' will not be less gentle because guided by knowledge, nor will the safe 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 

 it is INVALUABLE." 



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

 knowledge. " —Dublin Journal of Medical Science. 



" The amount of useful knowledge conveyed in this Work is surprising." — Medical Timet and GasetU. 



" WOKTH ITS WEIGHT IM COLD TO FAMILIES AMD THE CLXRGT ." —Ox/ffrd Herald. 



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