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William A. Alcott. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders
Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders
Table of Contents
PREFACE
TO THE READER
FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS. OF. PILLS AND POWDERS
CHAPTER I
EDUCATIONAL TENDENCIES
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II
MY FIRST MEDICAL LESSON
CHAPTER III
THE ELECTRICAL MACHINE
CHAPTER IV
THE MEASLES AND POURING DOWN RUM
CHAPTER V
LEE'S PILLS, AND THE DROPSY
CHAPTER VI
THE COLD SHOWER-BATH
CHAPTER VII
MY FIRST SICKNESS ABROAD
CHAPTER VIII
LESSON FROM AN OLD SURGEON
CHAPTER IX
LEE'S WINDHAM BILIOUS PILLS
CHAPTER X
DR. SOLOMON AND HIS PATIENT
CHAPTER XI
PHYSICKING OFF FEVER
CHAPTER XII
MANUFACTURING CHILBLAINS
CHAPTER XIII
HOW TO MAKE ERYSIPELAS
CHAPTER XIV
STUDYING MEDICINE
CHAPTER XV
NATURE'S OWN EYE WATER
CHAPTER XVI
THE VIPER STORY
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVII
STRUCK WITH DEATH
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVIII
EFFICACY OF COLD SPRING WATER
CHAPTER XIX
CHEATING THE PHYSICIAN
CHAPTER XX
THE MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF STORY TELLING
CHAPTER XXI
OSSIFIED VEINS
CHAPTER XXII
HE'LL DIE IN THIRTY SIX HOURS
CHAPTER XXIII
ABOUT TO DIE OF CONSUMPTION
CHAPTER XXIV
MY JOURNEYMANSHIP IN MEDICINE
CHAPTER XXV
MY TEMPERANCE PLEDGE
CHAPTER XXVI
TRIALS OF A YOUNG PHYSICIAN
CHAPTER XXVII
A DOSING AND DRUGGING FAMILY
CHAPTER XXVIII
POISONING WITH LEAD
CHAPTER XXIX
STANDING PATIENTS
CHAPTER XXX
KILLING A PATIENT
CHAPTER XXXI
A SUDDEN CURE
CHAPTER XXXII
GIGANTIC DOSES OF MEDICINE
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE LAMBSKIN DISEASE
CHAPTER XXXIV
MILK PUNCH FEVER
CHAPTER XXXV
MY FIRST CASE IN SURGERY
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XXXVI
EMILIA AND THE LOVE CURE
CHAPTER XXXVII
HEZEKIAH AND DELIRIUM TREMENS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
MY FIRST AMPUTATION
CHAPTER XXXIX
MILK, AS A REMEDY IN FEVERS
CHAPTER XL
THE VIRTUES OF PUMPKIN-SEED TEA
CHAPTER XLI
BROKEN LIMBS AND INTEMPERANCE
CHAPTER XLII
DYING FROM MERE FILTHINESS
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XLIII
TAKING THE FEVER
CHAPTER XLIV
BLESSINGS OF CIDER AND CIDER BRANDY
CHAPTER XLV
THE INDIAN DOCTOR
CHAPTER XLVI
DYING OF OLD AGE, AT FIFTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER XLVII
DAUGHTERS DESTROYING THEIR MOTHER
CHAPTER XLVIII
POISONING WITH STRAMONIUM
CHAPTER XLIX
CURING CANCER
CHAPTER L
SWELLED LIMBS
CHAPTER LI
SUDDEN CHANGES IN OLD AGE
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER LII
AN OPIUM EATER
CHAPTER LIII
COFFEE, AND THE LAME KNEE
CHAPTER LIV
THE OPIUM PILL BOX
CHAPTER LV
BLEEDING AT THE LUNGS
CHAPTER LVI
BUTTER EATERS
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER LVII
HOT HOUSES AND CONSUMPTION
CHAPTER LVIII
POISONING BY A PAINTED PAIL
CHAPTER LIX
ONE DROP OF LAUDANUM
CHAPTER LX
MRS. KIDDER'S CORDIAL
CHAPTER LXI
ALMOST RAISING THE DEAD
CHAPTER LXII
FEMALE HEALTH, AND INSANE HOSPITALS
CHAPTER LXIII
A GIANT DYSPEPTIC
CHAPTER LXIV
GETTING INTO A CIRCLE
CHAPTER LXV
POISONING WITH MAPLE SUGAR
CHAPTER LXVI
PHYSICKING OFF MEASLES
CHAPTER LXVII
TIC DOULOUREUX
CHAPTER LXVIII
COLD WATER IN FEVER
CHAPTER LXIX
COLD-TAKING AND CONSUMPTION
CHAPTER LXX
FREEZING OUT DISEASE
CHAPTER LXXI
THE AIR-CURE
CHAPTER LXXII
THE CLERGYMAN
CHAPTER LXXIII
HE MUST BE PHYSICKED, OR DIE
CHAPTER LXXIV
WHO HATH WOE? OR, THE SICK WIDOW
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER LXXV
THE PENALTY OF SELF-INDULGENCE
CHAPTER LXXVI
DR. BOLUS AND MORPHINE
CHAPTER LXXVII
BLEEDING AND BLISTERING OMITTED
CHAPTER LXXVIII
MEDICAL VIRTUES OF SLEEP
CHAPTER LXXIX
CURE BY DEEP BREATHING
CHAPTER LXXX
SPIRIT-DOCTORING
CHAPTER LXXXI
REMARKABLE CURE OF EPILEPSY
CHAPTER LXXXII
SCARLATINA CURED BY LETTING ALONE
CHAPTER LXXXIII
IGNORANCE NOT ALWAYS BLISS
CHAPTER LXXXIV
MEASLES WITHOUT SNAKEROOT AND SAFFRON
CHAPTER LXXXV
THE CONSUMPTIVE PAIR
CHAPTER LXXXVI
HOW TO CURE CHOLERA
CHAPTER LXXXVII
OBSTINACY AND SUICIDE
CHAPTER LXXXVIII
HEALTH HOSPITALS
CHAPTER LXXXIX
DESTRUCTION BY SCROFULA
CHAPTER XC
STARVING OUT DISEASE
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XCI
DIETING ON MINCE PIE
CHAPTER XCII
GIANTS IN THE EARTH
CHAPTER XCIII
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN PATIENT
CHAPTER XCIV
CURE OF POISON FROM LEAD
CHAPTER XCV
FAITH AND WORKS
CHAPTER XCVI
WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
CHAPTER XCVII
DISEASES OF LICENTIOUSNESS
CHAPTER XCVIII
CURIOUS AND INSTRUCTIVE FACTS
CHAPTER XCIX
ANTI-MEDICAL TESTIMONY
CHAPTER C
AN ANTI-MEDICAL PREMIUM
CHAPTER CI
CONCLUDING REMARKS
CHAPTER CII
A LAST CHAPTER
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