PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. ON THE INHUMATION OF THE DEAD IN CITIES. BRASSICA ERUCA, OR THE ROCKET PLANT. LUNAR INFLUENCE ON HUMAN LIFE AND DISEASES. THE FOOD OF MANKIND. ITS USE AND ABUSE. CHAUCER'S DESCRIPTION OF A PHYSICIAN. THE DOCTOR OF PHYSIC. SELDEN'S COMPARISON BETWEEN A DIVINE, A STATESMAN, AND A PHYSICIAN. PROVERBS AND SAYINGS REGARDING HEALTH AND DISEASE. BARBER-SURGEONS, AND THE PROGRESS OF CHIRURGICAL ART. OF THE HOMOEOPATHIC DOCTRINES. PLICA POLONICA AND HUMAN HAIR. MEMORY AND THE MENTAL FACULTIES. ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. EXPERIMENTS ON LIVING ANIMALS. Title: Curiosities of Medical Experience Author: J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
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CURIOSITIES
OF
MEDICAL EXPERIENCE.
By J. G. MILLINGEN, M.D., M.A.
SURGEON TO THE FORCES; RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HANWELL;
MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE ANCIENT FACULTY OF PARIS;
OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF BORDEAUX; AND AUTHOR OF
“THE ARMY MEDICAL OFFICER’S MANUAL,” &c.
SECOND EDITION.
REVISED AND CONSIDERABLY AUGMENTED.
IN ONE VOLUME.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1839.
WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.
TO
SIR JAMES M’GRIGOR, Bart.
M.D., F.R.S., K.T.S., &c. &c.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
TO WHOSE ZEAL AND EXAMPLE THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S
FORCES ARE SO MUCH INDEBTED FOR THAT DISTINGUISHED
CHARACTER AND CONSIDERATION THEY COLLECTIVELY
AND INDIVIDUALLY HOLD IN THE ESTIMATION
OF THE EUROPEAN ARMIES,
THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED,
AS A TESTIMONIAL OF PUBLIC RESPECT AND
SINCERE PRIVATE ESTEEM,
BY THE AUTHOR.