Stanhope, Lord, his remarks on Snuffing, 84
Sterility, 150
Stomach, state of, 136
Tartar Emetic, use of, 216
Temperament, drunkenness modified by, 52
Temperance Societies, 223
Thackrah, his remarks on the intemperate habits of commercial
travellers, 32
Tobacco, drunkenness modified by, 80
Tobacco, method of curing drunkenness from, 129
Toddy, 237
Tremors, 148
Trotter, Dr., averse to blooding in drunkenness, 121
his advice called in question, 198
Typhus fever, delirium of, sometimes mistaken for drunkenness, 126
Ulcers, 156
Urban VIII. excommunicated snuffers, 81
Vertigo, cause of, 112
Vinegar, its properties, 125, 128
Voltaire used coffee as a stimulus, 34
Walcheren fever, effects of spirits and smoking on, 225
Whisky, 26, 63
Wines, their adulteration, 24
drunkenness modified by, 65
Wolf’s-bane, 99
THE END.
GLASGOW:
EDWARD KHULL, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY.
M’PHUN’S SERIES OF POCKET GUIDES.
Tastefully done up, gilt edges, price 1s. 6d. sewed, and 2s. bound.
The object the publisher had in view in projecting these little works
was to produce a Series of distinct Treatises on all subjects of general
interest—in the smallest possible compass, and at the smallest possible
price. How far he has been successful in carrying into effect what he
projected, may be learned in the gratifying fact, that since the first
appearance of the series in 1834, upwards of
TWENTY THOUSAND COPIES
have been purchased by the public. From this it will be seen the Editor
of the _Dumfries Courier_, in reviewing them, was not far wrong in saying
the publisher was “_the most extensive Pocket Guide Book maker in the
three Kingdoms_.” In his usual happy style he added they were the best
exemplification he had seen of the best maxim of the Bentham school,
viz.—_the maximum of utility in the minimum of space_.
The Tourist’s Guide, and the Guide to the Picturesque Scenery of
Scotland, are books that have been much wanted. They do not profess to
give a detailed History of Scotland, nor yet a detailed History of the
Highlands, like all their predecessors in this department of literature,
but to Guide the Tourist to all that is worthy of his admiration. A very
minute description of this is given; and that is all that one wants when
they set out on a travelling excursion. Their size adapts them peculiarly
for this purpose; they are hand books, in fact, that cannot incommode a
lady in her reticule, or a gentleman in his vest pocket.
I.
Mechanics.
_Dedicated to Robert Napier, Esq._,
THE PRACTICAL MECHANIC’S POCKET GUIDE;
A Concise Treatise on the Prime Movers of Machinery, and the Weight and
Strength of Materials, with numerous Practical Rules and Tables, with
illustrative Plates.
By ROBERT WALLACE, A.M., Blythswood Hill Mathematical Academy.
II.
Commercial.
THE MERCHANT’S AND BANKER’S COMMERCIAL POCKET GUIDE,
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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