804 
Cceliaca, or difeafes of the digeftive organs, 
IOI. 
Colchicum, for the cure of gout, 272. 
Colica, or griping of the guts, 149. 
Columbus (Realdus), 30. 
Conftantine the African, 20. 
Confumption, 282. 
Contagion, not the only caufeof fever, 207; 
how to guard againft, 208. 
Coproftafis, or retention of the feoes, 154. 
Cordova, univerfity of, 19. 
Corns, to cure, 3§3, 4. 
Corpulence, nature and caufes of, 336 ; not 
eafily got rid of, 337. 
Corvifart, funeral of, 51. 
Coryza, cold in the head, 177, 8. 
Coftivenefs, 154. 
Coughing, phenomena of, 180; common, 
181 ; dry, 182; whooping, 183. 
Cow-pox, 276. 
Cramp, or fpafm, 308. 
Craniology, lofes ground at Paris, 49. 
Cretinifm, 287, 8. 
Crichton’s Table of Difeafes, 84. 
Croup, 241, 2. 
CrufadeS, their effect on the ftudy of medi¬ 
cine, 2T. 
Cullen’s theory of difeafes, 39 ; particularly 
of fever, 40; his claffilication, 83 ; why 
abandoned by us, 80, r ; 83, 4 ; his ar¬ 
rangement of the materia rnedica, 95. 
Cutaneous difeafes, as arranged by Plenck 
and Willan, and completed by Bateman, 
86; general remarks, 141,351. 
Cuvier, the anatomift, 49. 
Cyrtofis, cretinifm and rickets, 288. 
Dandelion, a remedy for indigeftion, 148. 
Dandriff, 353. 
Darwin, a poet in medicine, 43; his fym- 
pathetic theory, 43, 4 ; farther defcanted 
upon, 85. 
Derrocetes of Crof.ona, a travelling phyfi- 
cian, 4. 
Democritus of Ahdera, 4. 
Default, an eminent French furgeo.o and 
anatomift, 38. 
Diabetes, 344 ; caufes of, 343. 
Diaphoretics, 96 ; action of, 98. 
Dia-rhcea, 156; fvmptoms and cure, 157, 8; 
a peculiar kind, 158, 9. 
Diafthofis, feparation of hard parts, 366. 
Diet, or regimen, fiift noticed by Hippo¬ 
crates, 6 ; of great importance in medi¬ 
cine and furgery, 37 ; well regulated, and 
properly confidered, in the hofpitals of 
Vienna, 64, 5 ; examination of its effedts 
on the ftoniach and general health, 102- 
106, 143. 
Digitalis, the firft in the clafs of fedatives, 
236 ; its ufe in confumption, 287. 
Dinus, dizzinefs, 31;. 
Diodes of Caryftus, 8. 
Diofcorides of Anazarba, ji; his Herbal 
enriched by the Saracens, 18. 
Diplofis, morbid third, 118. 
Difietftion, facility of, in Germany, 57. 
Diuretics, 96 ; their peculiar adtion, 97, 8. 
Dogmatifts, fedt of, 7. 
Dolichos, or cowhage, a deftroyerof worms, 
166 
Dover’s powder, 98. 
D>inking at meals, 102. 
Dropfy, nature and caufes of, 338 ; of the 
pheft, belly, womb, &c. 3 39 ; of the head, 
340; ut the fpine, 342. 
Drowned or hanged perfons to rcftore, 
3 ' 9 - * 
Dubois, an excellent ledlurer, 50. 
Dutens, a French writer, endeavours to de¬ 
prive Harvey of the honour of his difoo- 
very, 28. 
INDEX, 
Dyfentery, 154; fvmptoms and cure, 153; 
compared with diarrhoea, 156. 
Dyfpepfta, or indigeftion, 128. 
Dyfphagia, ft >ppage in the throat, 115. 
Dvfphonia, imperfedt fpeech, 179. 
Dyfphoria, reftlefliiefs, 3 to. 
Dyfpncea, or difficulty of breathing, 184, 5. 
Dyfthetica, or cachexies, 279. 
Ear-ache, 239 ; treatment, 240. 
Eccritica,difeafes ofthe excernent fundtions, 
336 . 
Eccyefia, extra-uterine geftation, 336. 
Ecledtic fedt, founded by Agathinus, 12. 
Ecphlyfta, blains, or blebs, 355, 6. 
Ecphonia, infanity, 298. 
Ecphyma, corns, warts, &c. 363. 
Ecpyefis, the running tetter, 358. 
Egyptians, origin of medicine among them, 
3 > 
Eledtricity and galvanifm, 99. ico. 
Elephar.tiafis, a peculiar kind ofleprofy, 292. 
Emetics, 96 ; their adtion contidered, 97. 
Emmenagogues, 96, 98. 
Emollients, three kinds of, 96. 
Empathema, paflion, 299. 
Empirics, fedt of, 7 ; not founded by Sera- 
pion, 8. 
■Emphlyfis, miliary fever, See. 276. 
Emphyma, tumours, 337. 
Emphyfema, wind-dropfy, 342. 
Emprefma, internal inflammation, 235. 
Empyefis, fmall pox, 277, 8. 
Enanthefis, fcarlet tever, meafles, &c. 273 - 
Enecia, continued fever, including typhus, 
nervous, putrid, &c. 227. 
Entafia, fpafm, 303. 
Enterics, or diforders of the alimentary ca¬ 
nal, ior, 108. 
Enterolithus, or (tones in the bowels, 161, 2. 
Enthefis, obftrudtions, 365. 
Epanetus, or remittent fever, 226, 7. 
Ephemera, or Ample fever, 222. 
Ephialtes, or night-mare, 189, 90. 
Ephidrofis, difeafes from fweat, 350 
Epichrofis, difcolorations of the (kin, 364. 
Epilepl'y, how treated, by Oribafius, 14, 15; 
its nature little known, 137, 317; fymp- 
toms, 317 ; treatment, 318. 
Erafiftratus, 8 ; his (kill in noting the caufe 
of difeafe, 9 ; his pradtice, ibid. 
Erithifm, as it afledts infants, 132 j torpid, 
133 ; of the brain, 136. 
Errhines, 96, 98. 
Eryfipelas, 234, 277. 
Erythema, to be diftinguilhed from eryfipe¬ 
las, 234. 
Efquirol, his pradtice with the infane, 51; 
his account of inadlioufes througliout 
France, 51, 2. 
Eudoxus of Cnidos, 8. 
Euftachius, his anatomical figures, 22. 
Exanthematica, eruptive fevers, 273. 
Exangia, aneurifm, 297. 
Exantliefis, cutaneous blufh, 350. 1. 
Exarthrcma, diflocation, 366. 
Exercife, moderate, recommended by Hip¬ 
pocrates, violent by Herodicas, 5; as a 
cure for indigeftion, 142; for gout, 172 ; 
for confumption, 287. 
Exormia, pimples, 352. 
Expedtorants, 96. 
Eye, difeoveries as to its fundtions by Kep¬ 
ler, Sclieiner, Sc c. 33 ; much ftudied in 
Germany, 62; ledtures on, 66; inflam¬ 
mation of, 264. 
Fabricius ab Aquapendente, 22. 
Falconer (Dr.), his remarks on the pulfe, 
93 > 94 - 
Fallopius, 22; anatomift and furgeon, 23. 
Faiiing, remarkable inftances of, 12,0, 1 ; 
from the Harl. Wife. 121, 2. 
Feeling, depraved, 302, 3. 
Feline madnefs, 31 t. 
Fever, 'Cullen’s theory of, 40 ; Brown’s, 
41; Darwin’s, 43, 44 ; the fubjedt farther 
examined, 194, & feq. Dr. Clutterhuck’s 
theory', 195; Broufiais’s, 197; Harrifon’s, 
198; Nicholls’s, 198, 9; 205; general 
courfe of, 200 ; crifes, 203 ; fatal fymp- 
toms, 204; gaftric theory, 204, 5; ner¬ 
vous or capillary theory, 205,6; 210; 
Park’s explanation, 206; Clutterbuck’s, 
207; not always from contagion, 207, 8 ; 
treatment of Ample fever, 2C9 ; Dr. Arm- 
ftrong’s hyporhefis, zir; more particu¬ 
lar account of the epidemic fevers of Eng¬ 
land, 211; attended with bronchitis and 
gaftritis, 212 ; with diforder of the liver, 
2 l 3, 14; treatment, 214; yellow fever, 
215 ; fimple fever, three fpecies, 222 ; 
intermittent, 224 ; its three ftages, 225 ; 
remittent ; 226 ; hedtic and continued, 
227; of the brain, 236; fcarlet, 273; 
miligry, 276; veficular, 277. 
Fire, its effect in purifying the air, and 
curing fever, 208, 9. 
Flatulence, three kinds of, 124. 
Food of man, 102 ; it3 chemical qualities, 
>° 5 -. 
Foundling-hofpital at Vienna, 69. 
France, ftate of furgery there in the 17th 
century, 37, 8 ; eminent furgeons of the 
18th century, 38, 9 ; fchools of furgery 
and medicine; 38; prefent opinions and 
fyftems, 45, C ; furgery, 47 ; pharmacy, 
47, 8 ; new Pharmacopoeia, 48 ; new 
fchool, jo; lunatic afylums, 51, 2; lying- 
in hofpitals, 74 ; their regulations recom¬ 
mended for adoption in England, 75. 
Franco, Peter, firft ufes the high operation 
for the (tone, 23. 
Frank’s defeription of gaftric fever, 212, 13. 
Freder.ic II. a royal author, 61. 
Fumigations with fulphur, by De Cairo at 
Vienna, 71 ; by Affalini at Naples, 72. 
Galadtia, diforders of the milk, 329, 30. 
Galvanifm, as applied to humoral afthma,i8g. 
Galen, and his fyftem of four qualities and 
three faculties, 13; found blood, not air, 
in the arteries, 14; his works do not con¬ 
tain all the knowledge of the ancients, 
17 ; acquainted with the fmall pox, 19 ; 
his errors corredled by Vefalius, but de¬ 
fended by Sylvius, 21, 22; how far he 
advanced towards the difeovery of the 
circulation of the blood, 29. 
Gall-ftones, 160. 
Galvanic electricity, 99, XOO. 
Gangrene, 229, 298. 
Gafes, their ufe in medicine, 100. 
Gaftritis, a rare difeafe, 107; attends fever, 
205, 236. 
Geber, the father ofehemiftry, 18. 
Geeffroy de St. Hilaire, 50. 
General hofpital at Vienna, 61 ; its great ex¬ 
tent, 63 ; ledtures, 64. 
Genetica, difeafes of the'fexual fundtion,322. 
George IV. prefents books to the library at 
Gottingen, 58 ; vifits tlie place, 60, 1. 
German furgeons in the 18th century, 37; 
univerfities and fchools of medicine in the 
nineteenth century, 56 ; general charac¬ 
ter, 57. 
Gleet, 328, 329 ; 
Goitre'and bronchocele,-288. 
Gonorrhoea. See Blenorrhcea. 
Good (Dr. Mafon), his nofology and radical 
nomenclature, 8r ; his review of Cuilen’s 
clallification, 83. 
Gottingen, univerfity of, 57 ; its profeffors, 
ledtures, library, &c. 58 ; vifitol theking, 
60, 1, ■*' 
Gout, 
