412 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxix. 



In 1843 was published a 12mo volume at Bennington, 

 Vermont, entitled : 



THE 



BOOK OF HEALTH 



OR 



THOMSONIAN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE 



INCLUDING THE LATEST VIEWS OF PHYSIOLOGY, 

 PATHOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS 



BY 



F. K. ROBERTSON, T.P. 



Licentiate of the N.Y.S. Thorasonian Medical Society 

 and Lecturer on Medical Science 



DESCRIPTIONS OF DISEASE, MEDICAL PRACTICE 

 AND MATERIA MEDICA 



By SILAS WILCOX, T.P. 

 Licentiate of the V r t. S. Thomsonian Medical Society 



Designed for Every Body 

 BENNINGTON 



PRINTED BY 



J. I. C. & A. S. C. COOK 



1843 



I do not say anything about the views expressed in 

 that work on Physiology, etc., but pay attention only to 

 the Materia Medica. 



It will be seen from the list given below how far the 

 Thomsonians had got beyond Thomson ; indeed, the authors 

 do not hesitate to say that he may be wrong. 



Not much attention is paid by these authors to the 

 Courses of Physic upon which Thomson laid so much stress, 

 although formulae are given for his Six Numbers: No. 1, 

 Lobelia in one form or another ; No. 2, Capsicum or Black 

 Pepper, etc., in tincture ; No. 3, Bay berry, Sumac, etc., as an 

 astringent ; No. 4, Golden Seal, etc., for Bitters ; No. 5, 

 Poplar, Bayberry, etc., as a stomachic ; No. 6, Myrrh and 

 Capsicum in tincture (still met with as Tr. Caps. Co.). 

 Formulae are given also for " the Thomsonian Panacea," 



