Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica. no. 2, 1901, Tema 2Lloyd Library and Museum, 1812 |
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Página ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página i - ... respecting Diseases and Their Cure, consisting of Prescriptions for Many Complaints : and a Description of Medicines, Simple and Compound, showing their virtues and how to apply them. Designed for the benefit of his children, his friends and the public, but more especially the citizens of the Western parts of the United States of America. By Peter Smith of the Miami Country.
Página xiv - It is appointed for all men once to die," has never been abrogated or defeated yet by any man. And we should always remember, when we are about to take medicine, if the Lord will, we shall do this or that with success ; if the Lord will, I shall get well by this means or some other.
Página 54 - ... be kept back, and the cure by any thing else, will be almost forestalled ; and then a bruise, a strain or broken bone, will scarcely swell at all; and a like application to a burn will have a similar effect. In about fifteen minutes the first pain will be over, and the future ease will be stedf ast. I have tried the foregoing applications of cold water, with full demonstrations, for forty years past.
Página 52 - The patient is enjoined not to narrate what is done to him, or the Tooth-ache will return, (but a repetition will restore the cure). All the finger and toe nails are to be trimmed, the pieces off of each are to be laid on a rag or paper; to which, also is to be laid a lock of hair taken from the head; then the gum of the tooth is to be gouged, or pierced, to add some blood to the nails & hair; then the whole is to be wrapped together in some creek or gulley, at a place where no creature crosses....
Página xv - that it was his opinion that the plague was occasioned by ah invisible insect. This insect, floating in the air, is taken in with the breath into the lungs, and there it either poisons, or propagates its kind, so as to produce that dreadful disease.
Página 6 - ... itself. If matter should gather in a sore, it must be let out by an awl through the plaster. This plaster I have heard was formerly in the possession of a German whose name I do not recollect, who lived latterally in Kentucky. He performed many astonishing cures with it. I saw one of his patients, who had been wounded at the Germantown battle, 1777, in the Revolutionary war; one of his legs had been broken and shattered, while he was one of the forlorn party sent to tear down the fence and palings...
Página 6 - COLD WATER APPLICATIONS I reckon among the choicest of my discoveries. " The following I recommend : " When the accident of a bruise, piercing of a nail, a cut, a broken bone, an eye knocked out and put in again, etc., takes place, immerse the part in cold water as quick as possible, and then dip a large, soft linen cloth into cold water and apply it, and keep out the air. This cloth should be kept close ; aid this by dropping cold water upon it for fifteen minutes, and continue it close for twelve...
Página 5 - It is to be regretted that Dr. Smith neglected the use of botanical names. His plants are all employed under common names, but he describes the appearance and habitat of each specimen so carefully as to enable the experienced reader to identify most of them. Rafinesque, who credits Dr. Smith's work, objects to his common names, which, however, are very interesting in connection with the text. The pains he takes to credit authorities from whom he obtained information is very refreshing, the relationship...
Página 6 - The inflammation by this means will be kept back, and the cure by anything else will be almost forestalled; and then a bruise, a strain, or broken bone will scarcely swell at all; and a like application to a burn will have a similar effect. In about fifteen minutes the first pain will be over and the future ease will be steadfast "I have tried the foregoing applications of cold water, with full demonstrations, for forty years past.