CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

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An inquiry into the natural history of medicine among the Indians of North-America, and a comparative view of their diseases and remedies with those of civilized nations 1
An account of the climate of Pennsylvania, and its influence upon the human body 69
An account of the bilious remitting fever, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the summer and autumn of the year 1780 115
An account of the scarlatina anginosa, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the years 1783 and 1784 135
An inquiry into the cause and cure of the cholera infantum 153
Observations on the cynanche trachealis 167
An account of the efficacy of blisters and bleeding, in the cure of obstinate intermitting fevers 177
An account of the disease occasioned by drinking cold water in warm weather, and the method of curing it 181
An account of the efficacy of common salt in the cure of hÆmoptysis 189
Thoughts on the cause and cure of pulmonary consumption 197
Observations upon worms in the alimentary canal, and upon anthelmintic medicines 215
An account of the external use of arsenic in the cure of cancers 235
Observations on the tetanus 245
The result of observations made upon the diseases which occurred in the military hospitals of the United States, during the revolutionary war 267
An account of the influence of the military and political events of the American revolution upon the human body 277
An inquiry into the relation of tastes and aliments to each other, and into the influence of this relation upon health and pleasure 295
The new method of inoculating for the small-pox 309
An inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind, with an account of the means of preventing, and the remedies for curing them 335
Observations on the duties of a physician, and the methods of improving medicine; accommodated to the present state of society and manners in the United States 385
An inquiry into the causes and cure of sore legs 401
An account of the state of the body and mind in old age, with observations on its diseases, and their remedies 425

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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