Medical Thoughts of Shakespeare

Name: Medical Thoughts of Shakespeare
Author: Field, Benjamin Rush

Field, Benjamin Rush

Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 16th century; Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 17th century; Medicine in literature; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Medicine

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MEDICAL THOUGHTS OF SHAKESPEARE.

by

B. RUSH FIELD, M. D.,

Member of the Shakespeare Society
of New York.

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

Easton, Pa.:
Andrews & Clifton, Publishers.
1885.

                       TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

      If any old lady, knight, priest or physician,
      Should condemn me for writing a second edition;
      If good Madam Squintum my work should abuse,
      May I venture to give her a smack of my muse?
                                _Anstey’s New Bath Guide, p. 169._

The occasion is taken to acknowledge the kind consideration that the
first edition of this little work has received. This edition appears
in a thoroughly revised and much enlarged form; to what extent, may be
judged by the fact that chapters on The Physician, Surgery, Physiology,
Anatomy and Pharmacy have been added, together with many allusions to
the other medical subjects, making an increase of over four hundred
quotations. It has been impossible to resist the temptation of adding
a few medical thoughts from other authors, which will be found under
their appropriate heads. The labor necessary to accomplish this has
not interfered in any way with professional duties; it being a task
entirely of the leisure hours of the night.

EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, June, 1885.

                               CONTENTS.

                                PART I.
    THE PHYSICIAN,                                                    7

                                PART II.
    PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,                                            13

        Diseases of Nervous System, 13; of Circulatory System, 22;
        of Respiratory System, 25; of Digestive System, 26; of
        Secretory System, 29. Fevers and other General Diseases, 32.
        Action of Medicines, 37. Miscellaneous—Age and Death, 43.

                               PART III.
    SURGERY,                                                         49

        Surgery and the Surgeon, 49. Syphilis, 50. Diseases of the
        Eye, 53. Wounds, 53. Miscellaneous, 55.

                                PART IV.
    OBSTETRICS,                                                      59
        Marriageable Age, 59. Fecundation, 62, Character of
        Offspring, 63. Pregnancy, 64. Labor, 66. Miscellaneous, 71.

                                PART V.
    PHYSIOLOGY,                                                      73

        Of the Circulation of the Blood, 73. Of the Digestive
        Process, 78. Miscellaneous, 80.

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