Ayers' Every man his own doctor

Front matter

AYERS'

* OWN *

DOCTOR

Author's Preface

Benjamin Fkanklin, in his pithy style, has said that " an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." He was right. The great All Wise has created human beings with such noble faculties as to be truly but a little lower than the angels. Did the parents and guardians of children but realize the immensity of the responsibility entailed upon them, they would not lose an instant before they acquired such a knowlege of at least the first principles of medicine as to be able to judge intelligently of the causes leading to disease, and the most rational steps to take to arrest its ravages. The purpose of this work is to fully inform every woman and man — young and old — what are the real causes of sickness, and what are the most approved methods of treatment. The work is especially designed as an aid to home or domestic treatment in the thousand cases where a physician cannot readily be reached, and when, if ordinary common sense is used, his services are not required.

No single item has been discarded of what is deemed useful information, because its author was a disciple of this or that particular school of medicine. On the contrary, we have acted upon the idea, " By their works ye shall know them." Wherever any mode of treatment, whether new or old, has been, found and verified, it is incorporated in this book.

The author wishes this work to make an honored mark, from its merits, and its intelligent method and arrangement; and, above all, from the fact that it comprises all that is valuable in every other popular medical guide, added to hundreds of new principles and new methods — modes of cure that have been " tried in the fire " of every -day practice, and have " never been found wanting."

Part I. General Diseases

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The Skin. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the Skin 17-51

The Brain and Nerves. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the

Brain and Nerves ., 52-100

The Eye. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the Eye. . . . , 101-117

The Ear. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the Ear 118-126

The Nose. Anatomy and Functions — Diseases of the Nose 127-133

The Face, Lips, Mouth, Jaws, and Teeth. Anatomy and Functions.

— Diseases of the Face, etc 134-147

The Throat and Windpipe. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the

Throat and Windpipe 148-164

The Lungs. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the Lungs 165-181

The Heart. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the Heart 182-192

The Abdominal Cavity. Anatomy and Functions. — Diseases of the

Abdominal Cavity 193-235

The Urinary and Genital Organs. Anatomy and Functions. —

The General System. General Anatomy of .the Human Body — Diseases

of the General System 261-319

Part VII. General Observations Regarding The Youth Of Both Sexes

The Duty of Parents and Guardians. — A Chapter for the Especial Perusal of Youths of Understanding, as well as for that of Fathers and Guardians ; On the Relations between Man and Wife ; a Chapter for the Newly Married 510-553