[Illustration] * * * * * THE PEOPLE'S COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER IN PLAIN ENGLISH: OR, MEDICINE SIMPLIFIED. BY R.V. PIERCE, M.D. ONE OF THE STAFF OF CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS AT THE INVALIDS' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE, AND PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. FIFTY-FOURTH EDITION. ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. _Carefully Revised by the Author, assisted by his full Staff of Associate Specialists in Medicine and Surgery, the Faculty of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute._ * * * * * Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1895, by the WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. * * * * * TO MY PATIENTS, WHO HAVE SOLICITED MY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, FROM THEIR HOMES IN EVERY STATE, CITY, TOWN, AND ALMOST EVERY HAMLET, WITHIN THE AMERICAN UNION; ALSO TO THOSE DWELLING IN EUROPE, MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA, THE EAST AND WEST INDIES, AND OTHER FOREIGN LANDS, I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS WORK. * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION PREFACE_TO_THE_FIRST_EDITION INTRODUCTORY WORDS PART I CHAPTER I. BIOLOGY CHAPTER II. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE BONES. CHAPTER III. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE MUSCLES. CHAPTER IV. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. CHAPTER V. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. ABSORPTION. CHAPTER VI. PHYSICAL AND VITAL PROPERTIES OF THE BLOOD. CHAPTER VII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. CIRCULATORY ORGANS. CHAPTER VIII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION. CHAPTER IX. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE SKIN. CHAPTER X. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. SECRETION. CHAPTER XI. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. EXCRETION. CHAPTER XII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. CHAPTER XIII. THE SPECIAL SENSES. SIGHT. CHAPTER XIV. CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGY. CHAPTER XV. THE HUMAN TEMPERAMENTS. CHAPTER XVI. MARRIAGE. LOVE. CHAPTER XVII. REPRODUCTION. PART II. HYGIENE. CHAPTER I. HYGIENE DEFINED.--PURE AIR. CHAPTER II. FOOD. BEVERAGES. ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. CLOTHING. CHAPTER III. PHYSICAL EXERCISE. MENTAL CULTURE. SLEEP. CLEANLINESS. CHAPTER IV. HYGIENE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. CHAPTER V. PRACTICAL SUMMARY OF HYGIENE. PART III. RATIONAL MEDICINE. CHAPTER I. THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE. CHAPTER II. REMEDIES FOR DISEASE. CHAPTER III. BATHS AND MOTION AS REMEDIAL AGENTS. CHAPTER IV. HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF THE SICK. PART IV. DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIAL TREATMENT. INDEX FOOTNOTES * * * * * PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION