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The Pocket Medical Guide ; 



BeiDg a Popular Treatise on Diet and Regimen, Cold and 

 its effects, and the Use and Doses of Medicine ; the whole 

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CONTEKTS. 

 Part I.—ON DIET AND REGIMEN. 



Introduction — Chap. I. General Anatomy of the Diges- 

 tive Apparatus. 1. Of the Alimentary Canal. 2. Of the 

 Glands subservient to digestion. 3. Of the connexion 

 between the digestive and other functions. — Chap. II. Of 

 Hunger and Thirst.— Chap. III. What is the natural Food 

 of man? — Chap. IV. Of Alimentary Substances. 1. Ali- 

 ments derived from the Vegetable kingdom. 2. Aliments 

 derived from the Animal kingdom. 3. Of Condiments. 

 4. Of Drinks. — Chap. V. Rules for taking food. — Chap. 

 VI. Of Indigestion. 



Part II.— ON EXPOSURE TO COLD AND ITS EFFECTS. 



Chap. I. Of Cold in general. — Chap. II. Of the diseases 

 caused by exposure to cold. 1. 1 he direct consequences of 

 exposure to cold. 2. The indirect consequences of exposure 

 to cold; Fever, Catarrh, Intiuenza, Cough, Asthma, Con- 

 sumption, Inflammation of the Larynx, Croup, Inflamma- 

 tion of the Lungs, Sore Throat, Rheumatism, Diarrhoea, 

 Chilblains, Ophthalmia. — Chap. III. Of the means where- 

 by the bad effects of exposure to cold may be avoided. 

 Part III.-ON THE USE AND DOSES OF MEDICINE. 



Art of proscribing medicines — Laxative medicines, Eme- 

 tics, Anodynes, Astringents, Tonics. 



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