_An account of the influence of the military and political events of the American revolution upon the human body_ 277 _An inquiry into the relation of tastes and aliments to each other, and into the influence of this relation upon health and pleasure_ 295 _The new method of inoculating for the small-pox_ 309 _An inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind, with an account of the means of preventing, and the remedies for curing them_ 335 _Observations on the duties of a physician, and the methods of improving medicine; accommodated to the present state of society and manners in the United States_ 385 _An inquiry into the causes and cure of sore legs_ 401 _An account of the state of the body and mind in old age, with observations on its diseases, and their remedies_ 425 * * * * * AN INQUIRY INTO THE _NATURAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE_ AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH-AMERICA; AND A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THEIR DISEASES AND REMEDIES WITH THOSE OF CIVILIZED NATIONS. Read before the AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, held at PHILADELPHIA, on the 4th of February, 1774. GENTLEMEN[1], I rise with peculiar diffidence to address you upon this occasion, when I reflect upon the entertainment you proposed to yourselves from the eloquence of that learned member, Mr. CHARLES THOMPSON, whom your suffrages appointed to this honour after the delivery of the last anniversary oration. Unhappily for the interests of science, his want of health has not permitted him to comply with your appointment. I beg, therefore, that you would forget, for a while, the abilities necessary to execute this task with propriety, and listen with candour to the efforts of a member, whose attachment to the society was the only qualification that entitled him to the honour of your choice. [1] This INQUIRY was the subject of an Anniversary Oration. The style of an oration is therefore preserved in many parts of it.