PREFACE. 



actly the same treatment recommended in books 

 written for those times. In former days Bleed- 

 ing, Blistering, Firing and Physicing were indis. 

 (Tirniriately pursued, without knowing the where- 

 fore for so doing. The object of the author has 

 been to supply to such persons a brief, popular 

 and if possible a reliable work for all such 

 emergencies. How far he has succeeded in ac- 

 complishing that object he leaves to the judg- 

 ment of others. 



Grand Rapids, Mich., May 10, 1878, 



