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PREFACE.

TO THE READER.

FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS OF PILLS AND POWDERS.

CHAPTER I.

EDUCATIONAL TENDENCIES.

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.

CHAPTER XVII.

STRUCK WITH DEATH.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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