Dr. Mansperger's book of hygiene containing instructions for the cure of diseases, together with many valuable and useful prescriptions ...

Front matter

DR. MANSPERGER'S

BOOK OF HYGIENE

CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS

Preface To First Edition

'WjHE publication of this book is prompted by a desire to furnish (B^» to the public a plain, and, if possible, precise and complete compilation and explanation of the various diseases to which the human body is liable, to supply the necessary instruction and prescriptions for their treatment, and to furnish a diagnosis of diseases by the beating of the pulse, and from the condition of the urine. My practice, which has extended over fourteen years, during which time I have treated thousands of patients, has enabled me to gather a rich treasure of medical experience and knowledge, which I am prompted to lay before the public in this work, for the benefit of many patients, who often find themselves without advice, and in a helpless and oppressed condition. I have endeavored to write a searching treatise on every disease to which man is subject, at the same time offering the necessary medical advice. It will enable every family who possesses the "Book of Hygiene," to consult a true friend and adviser in all cases of distress, caused by disease. A diligent study of this work will be richly rewarded in time of need, and every head of a family should make himself thoroughly familiar with its contents. I do not desire to convey the idea, however, that the publication or the possession of the "Book of Hygiene " is to supercede all medical assistance ; on the contrary, in many cases it is most urgently recommended ; yet, it will frequently make the call of a physician unnecessary.

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The object of writing and publishing this book, is to furnish to the people generally an intelligible and safe medical teacher and adviser in all cases of sickness, whether the patient is an infant or an adult ; it will aid in recognizing the approaching danger in time, which, by the application of proper remedies, may frequently be easily prevented. It also has the advantage of exposing wrong and pernicious advise, and preventing bad results.

If anyone should question the value of the book because it is written by a woman, let him examine it ; it speaks for itself. It is my wish that it be judged by its value ; it will then accomplish the object for which it is written.

Dr. K. MANSPERGER.

Aachen's (Aix la Chapel lc) Springs Abdominal Cavity, Ruptures of the

" Glands

" Swelling, Remedy for

" Typhus

Abscesses - - - -

Page. 559

673 333 158

160 426

" Axillary, The

Acid, Hydrocyanic -

" Muriatic - - - - 625

11 Nitric - 627

»«-..-- 635

" Pyroligneous - - - 636

" Sulphuric - 619

Aconite ----- 5ii0

Acorn Coffee - - - - 580

Acrid Lettuce - 530

Adults, Regular Division and Doses

of Medicine for - - 722

Agaric, White ... 657

Ague 329

" Cure for - 710

'■ Pills for the - - - 706

Air-expanded Abdomen - - 450

Air, Foul 421

Alba, Miliari ', and Rubra - 136

Albus, Tumor - - - - 195

Alexis Bath - - - - 6S6

Allspice ----- 562

Almonds ... - 561

Alvine Evacuations ... 450

Ambergis - 562

" Acetate of - - 560

Carbonate of 563

" Caustic, Liquid, - 563

Ammonium, Chloride of 641

Anasarca - - - - 377

Ani, Pruritus ...

Animal Bath - - - -

" Kingdom, Poisons of thi' Anisseed -

Star Angelica Root

Angina - - - -

Anodyne Liquor, Hoffman's " Plaster

" A Good " Good - Antarthritic Paper

Ant-Bath - Antimony -

" Wine of

Antimonial Wine Antispasmodic Salve - Aphthae -

Page.

- 152 692

- 429 565

- 505 5 14

- 5! 5 607 668 669

- 668 668

- 429 51 5

- 700 591 668 249

" To Remove, in Small Children - _ . 702 Apoplexy - 409 " Serous ... 409 Apoplexia, Nervous - - - 410 Apothecaries' Weights and Measures 723 Apparently Dead Persons. General

Remarks on the Recall of 437 Appetite, An Unusual Strong, for

Certain Things - 449

" Immoderate - - 419

" " - - - 526

Apple-pulp Poultices - - 0d2

I Apple Salve - - - - 664

A pyretic Rheumatism of Receni Date 394

Arm, Rheum or Rheumatism in the 711

Arms, For Swelling of - - - 712

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