Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders: Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged PhysicianAlcott, William A. (William Andrus)
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Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders: Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician
Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Medicine -- Anecdotes
XXXV. MY FIRST CASE IN SURGERY, 124
XXXVI. EMILIA AND THE LOVE-CURE, 127
XXXVII. HEZEKIAH JUDKINS AND DELIRIUM, 133
XXXVIII. MY FIRST AMPUTATION, 136
XXXIX. MILK AS A REMEDY IN FEVERS, 138
XL. VIRTUES OF PUMPKIN SEED TEA, 141
XLI. BROKEN LIMBS AND INTEMPERANCE, 144
XLII. DYING FROM FILTHINESS, 148
XLIII. TAKING THE FEVER, 153
XLIV. BLESSINGS OF CIDER AND CIDER BRANDY, 156
XLV. THE INDIAN DOCTOR, 160
XLVI. DYING OF OLD AGE AT FIFTY-EIGHT, 163
XLVII. DAUGHTERS DESTROYING THEIR MOTHER, 169
XLVIII. POISONING WITH STRAMONIUM, 172
XLIX. CURING CANCER, 175
L. SWELLED LIMBS, 179
LI. SUDDEN CHANGES IN OLD AGE, 182
LII. AN OPIUM EATER, 185
LIII. COFFEE AND THE LAME KNEE, 188
LIV. THE OPIUM PILL BOX, 193
LV. BLEEDING AT THE LUNGS, 196
LVI. BUTTER EATERS, 201
LVII. HOT HOUSES AND CONSUMPTION, 206
LVIII. POISONING BY A PAINTED PAIL, 216
LIX. ONE DROP OF LAUDANUM, 218
LX. MRS. KIDDER'S CORDIAL, 220
LXI. ALMOST RAISING THE DEAD, 225
LXII. FEMALE HEALTH AND INSANE HOSPITALS, 231
LXIII. A GIANT DYSPEPTIC, 236
LXIV. GETTING INTO A CIRCLE, 246
LXV. POISONING WITH MAPLE SUGAR, 249
LXVI. PHYSICKING OFF MEASLES, 251
LXVII. TIC DOULOUREUX, 253
LXVIII. COLD WATER IN FEVER, 256
LXIX. COLD-TAKING AND CONSUMPTION, 258
LXX. FREEZING OUT DISEASE, 261
LXXI. THE AIR CURE, 263
LXXII. THE CLERGYMAN, 266
LXXIII. HE MUST BE PHYSICKED OR DIE, 268
LXXIV. WHO HATH WOE? OR, THE SICK WIDOW, 272
LXXV. THE PENALTY OF SELF-INDULGENCE, 275
LXXVI. DR. BOLUS AND MORPHINE, 282
LXXVII. BLEEDING AND BLISTERING OMITTED, 286
LXXVIII. MEDICAL VIRTUES OF SLEEP, 288
LXXIX. CURE BY DEEP BREATHING, 291
LXXX. SPIRIT DOCTORING, 295
LXXXI. REMARKABLE CURE OF EPILEPSY, 301
LXXXII. SCARLATINA CURED BY LETTING ALONE, 312
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