Essays Medical and Experimental
The Second Edition, Revised, and Considerably Enlarged. To Which Is Added an Appendix
Published on 20. March 2014
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Paperback/Softback
706 pages
978-1-108-06793-5 (ISBN)
Description
A physician and medical reformer enthused by the scientific and cultural progress of the Enlightenment as it took hold in Britain, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) wrote on many topics, including public health and demography. His influential Medical Ethics (also reissued in this series) is considered the first modern formulation. This one-volume reissue brings together two volumes of his essays on a variety of medical subjects, published in a revised second edition of 1772 and a follow-up collection of 1773. Many of the essays reflect his concern for public health, particularly for the citizens of Manchester. The appendix to the first volume includes two essays that were previously unpublished. Several of the pieces record medical oddities encountered by Percival, and others document his observations on the possible medicinal applications of certain plants, including coffee. His four-volume Works (1807), containing additional essays that appeared after 1773, is also reissued in this series.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06793-5 (9781108067935)
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Content
Part I: 1. The empiric; 2. The dogmatic; 3. Experiments and observations on astringents and bitters; 4. On the uses and operation of blisters; 5. On the resemblance between chyle and milk; Appendix: Experiments and observations on water; On inoculation; On the ulcerous sore throat; Index; Part II: 1. On the columbo root; 2. On the orchis root; 3. On the waters of Buxton and Matlock; 4. On the medicinal uses of fixed air; 5. On the varieties of factitious air; 6. On the noxious vapours of charcoal; 7. On the atrabilis; 8. On sea salt; 9. On coffee; Histories of diseases; Index.