Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by…
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"Domestic Medicine: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases" by William Buchan is a medical treatise written in the late 18th century. This publication serves as a guide to the general public, outlining methods for preventing and treating illnesses through lifestyle choices, diet, and simple medicines, as well as addressing nursing and managing children's health. The work emphasizes the importance of understanding health principles to navigate medical care effectively
and minimize reliance on physicians in less accessible situations. The opening of the book establishes the author’s commitment to improving medical knowledge among the public while highlighting the need for basic health education, particularly concerning the care of children and the influence of parents on their offspring’s health. Buchan begins by discussing the impact of proper nursing and regimen on child mortality, reporting alarming statistics about infant deaths attributed to inadequate care and poor lifestyle choices. Additionally, he criticizes the common medical practices of his time, calling for a more intuitive and less secretive approach to healthcare that empowers individuals to take charge of their own well-being and that of their families. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Buchan, William, 1729-1805 |
|---|---|
| Title | Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners |
| Original Publication | London: printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1791. |
| Credits | Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | RC: Medicine: Internal medicine |
| Subject | Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 74359 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-74359-2 |
| Release Date | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 441 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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