A BOOK NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT. 



Ntw issue Of this important Work Enlarged, In part Re-written, and 

 thoroughly Revised to date, 



TWENTY-EIGHTH EDITION. Royal 8vo, Handsome Cloth, TOJ. 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, 



AMD BY 



JOHN CHARLES STEELE, M.D,, 



OF GUY'S HOSPITAL. 



771th 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" 

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

 Practice of the Day applied to Domestic Requirements. 



The most recent IMPROVEMENTS in the TREATMENT OF THE SICK hi 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 Engravings have been 

 introduced improved Diagrams of different parts of the Human Body, and Illustrations oi 

 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. 



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

 ment 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 true 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 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 

 emigrant 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 Times a.nd Gate tie. 

 " WORTH ITS WRIGHT IN GOLD TO FAMILIES AND THE CLERGY." Oxford He^ld 



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