PREFACE.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE AMONG THE
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLIMATE OF PENNSYLVANIA , AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE HUMAN BODY.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BILIOUS REMITTING FEVER, AS IT APPEARED IN
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SCARLATINA ANGINOSA , AS IT APPEARED IN PHILADELPHIA, IN THE YEARS 1783 AND 1784.
AN ACCOUNT INTO THE CAUSE AND CURE OF THE CHOLERA INFANTUM .
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CYNANCHE TRACHEALIS .
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EFFICACY OF BLISTERS AND BLEEDING, IN THE CURE OF OBSTINATE Intermitting Fevers .
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISEASE OCCASIONED BY DRINKING COLD WATER IN
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EFFICACY OF COMMON SALT , IN THE CURE OF HAEMOPTYSIS.
THOUGHTS UPON THE CAUSE AND CURE OF THE PULMONARY CONSUMPTION .
OBSERVATIONS UPON WORMS IN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL, AND UPON ANTHELMINTIC MEDICINES.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXTERNAL USE OF ARSENIC , IN THE CURE OF CANCERS.
OBSERVATIONS UPON THE TETANUS .
THE RESULT OF OBSERVATIONS MADE UPON THE DISEASES WHICH
AN ACCOUNT OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL
AN INQUIRY INTO THE RELATION OF TASTES AND ALIMENTS TO EACH
THE NEW METHOD OF INOCULATING FOR THE SMALL-POX. DELIVERED IN A
AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS UPON THE HUMAN
OBSERVATIONS OF THE DUTIES OF A PHYSICIAN , AND THE METHODS OF
AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE AND CURE OF SORE LEGS .
AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THE BODY AND MIND IN OLD AGE; WITH
Title: Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. I (of 4)
The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author
Author: Benjamin Rush
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MEDICAL INQUIRIES
AND
OBSERVATIONS.
BY BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, AND OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
THE SECOND EDITION,
REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE AUTHOR.
PHILADELPHIA,
PUBLISHED BY J. CONRAD & CO. CHESNUT-STREET, PHILADELPHIA; M. & J. CONRAD & CO. MARKET-STREET, BALTIMORE; RAPIN, CONRAD, & CO. WASHINGTON; SOMERVELL & CONRAD, PETERSBURG; AND BONSAL, CONRAD, & CO. NORFOLK.
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1805.
