LECTURE I. An anatomical and physiological description of the human body | Sect. I. | Of the composition and close connection of parts in the human body | 2 | | Sect. II. | Of the brains and nerves | 5 | | Sect. III. | Of the heart and lungs | 9 | | Sect. IV. | Of the circulation of the blood | 12 | | Sect. V. | Of the joint connection of the brains, heart, lungs, &c. | 15 | | Sect. VI. | Of chylifaction, and nutrition | 19 | | Sect. VII. | Of the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons and their connection. | 28 | | A skeleton of the human body | 31 | | Sect. VIII. | Of the urinary organs and genital parts | 35 | | Sect. IX. | Of the skin | 40 | | Sect. X. | Of the external senses | 43 |
LECTURE II. On the requisite means and medicines towards restoring health. | Sect. I. | Of the pulse | 50 | | Sect. II. | Of the effects of bleeding | 55 | | Sect. III. | Of the operation of bleeding | 58 | | Sect. IV. | Of the requisite medicines useful at sea | 63 | | A plan of a medicine box—64. Of utensils, and medicines—65. Lancets, ibid. scissars, probe, spatula—66. Bistouries, and incision lancets, teeth instruments, syringes—67. Clyster pipes and bladders, clyster syringe, scales and weights—68. Splints—69. Bandages, rags, tow, lint, tape, needles, thread and pins—70. Camomile flowers, balm, sage, sassafrass—71. Oatmeal, cinamon, allum, chalk—72. Salts, diachylon plaister—73. Mercurial plaister, blistering plaister—74. Spirits of wine and camphire—75. Liniment of soap, sweet oil, sweet spirit of nitre—76. Honey, yellow basilicon; elixir of vitriol—77. Elixir proprietatis, lenitive electuary—78. Turner’s Cerate, fever powders, stomachic powder—79. Calomel—80. Precipitate—81. Mercurial ointment—82. Rhubarb, jalap, ipecacuanha, liquid laudanum—83. Essential oil of peppermint, Turlington’s balsam | 84 |
LECTURE III. On accidents, and their proper method of treatment | Sect. I. | Of falls | 89 | | Sect. II. | Of wounds—91. Cut wounds | | |
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