Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and indexes.
Contents:
Pt. 1: Domestic medicine in the eighteenth century -- Ch. 1. Much that may be called domestic: every man his own doctor -- Ch. 2. The sources: from the pens of eighteenth-century folk -- Ch. 3. The distempers: disease in the eighteenth century -- Pt. 2: The remedies -- Ch. 4. General therapies -- Ch. 5. Patent medicines and famous nostrums -- Ch. 6. Acute diseases -- Ch. 7. Chronic internal complaints -- Ch. 8. Common external complaints -- Ch. 9. Disorders of the senses -- Ch. 10. Poisoning -- Ch. 11. Women's disorders Ch. 12. Nervous diseases -- Ch. 13. Surgery -- Ch. 14. Sympathetic medicine: sign, charms, incantations, and spells -- Pt. 3: A domestic materia medica -- Introduction -- Key to sources -- Simples and medicinal preparations fit for home practice -- Appendixes: A. Weights and measures -- B. Classes of medicinal preparations -- C. The southern frontier and the eighteenth century -- D. A blaze of medical knowledge: The eighteenth century -- E. The professional practitioner: physician, surgeon, preacher, or quack.
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