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The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

R. V. Pierce · Public domain text

385,456 words · about 27 h to read

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About this book

Author
Ray Vaughn Pierce (1840–1914)
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine, Popular
Length
385,456 words · about 27 h
Sections
39 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (39)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Part I under 1 min
  3. II. HYGIENE under 1 min
  4. III. RATIONAL MEDICINE under 1 min
  5. IV. DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIAL TREATMENT under 1 min
  6. PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION about 1 min
  7. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION about 2 min
  8. INTRODUCTORY WORDS about 3 min
  9. I. BIOLOGY about 10 min
  10. II. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 12 min
  11. III. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 5 min
  12. IV. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 12 min
  13. V. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 4 min
  14. VI. PHYSICAL AND VITAL PROPERTIES OF THE BLOOD about 4 min
  15. VII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 8 min
  16. VIII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 5 min
  17. IX. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 6 min
  18. X. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 11 min
  19. XI. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 2 min
  20. XII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY about 23 min
  21. XIII. THE SPECIAL SENSES about 10 min
  22. XIV. CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGY about 46 min
  23. XV. THE HUMAN TEMPERAMENTS about 40 min
  24. XVI. MARRIAGE about 17 min
  25. XVII. REPRODUCTION about 34 min
  26. I. HYGIENE DEFINED.--PURE AIR about 16 min
  27. II. FOOD. BEVERAGES. ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. CLOTHING about 58 min
  28. III. PHYSICAL EXERCISE. MENTAL CULTURE. SLEEP. CLEANLINESS about 16 min
  29. IV. HYGIENE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS about 8 min
  30. V. PRACTICAL SUMMARY OF HYGIENE about 5 min
  31. I. THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE about 8 min
  32. II. REMEDIES FOR DISEASE about 54 min
  33. III. BATHS AND MOTION AS REMEDIAL AGENTS about 28 min
  34. IV. HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF THE SICK about 17 min
  35. Introduction about 6 h 29 min
  36. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand (part 6 of 8) about 6 h 23 min
  37. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand (part 7 of 8) about 5 h 51 min
  38. INDEX about 27 min
  39. FOOTNOTES about 1 min

The opening of PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION

The popular favor with which former editions of this work have been received has required the production of such a vast number of copies, that the original electrotype plates from which it has heretofore been printed, have been completely worn out.

The book has been re-produced in London, England, where six editions have already been necessary to supply the demand for it.

In order to continue its publication to meet the demand which is still active in this country, it has been necessary, inasmuch as the original electrotype plates have become worn and useless, to re-set the work throughout. This has afforded the Author an opportunity to carefully revise the book and re-write many portions, that it may embody the latest discoveries and improvements in medicine and surgery. In performing this labor he has been greatly assisted by contributions and valuable aid kindly supplied by his staff of associate specialists in medicine and surgery who constitute the Faculty of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.

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