Thomas Percival

The Works, Literary, Moral, and Medical, of Thomas Percival, M.D.

Volume 4: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The diverse works of physician and medical reformer Thomas Percival are gathered together in this four-volume collection, published in 1807.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9781108067362
• ISBN-10: 1108067360
• Artikelnr.: 40055063

Inhaltsangabe

Part III: Preface
Observations on the state of population in Manchester and other adjacent pages
On the small-pox and measles
On the different quantities of rain, which fall at different heights over the same spot of ground
On the solution of human calculi by fixed air
On the nature and composition of urinary calculi
On the effects of foxed air on the colours and vegetation of plants
On the action of different manures
On different absorbents
On the internal regulation of hospitals
Miscellaneous observations, cases and inquiries
Part IV: Preface
On a new and cheap method of preparing pot-ash
On the fatal effects of pickles impregnated with copper
Speculations on the perceptive power of vegetables
Facts and queries relative to attraction and repulsion
Narrative of the sufferings of a collier
A physical inquiry into the powers and operations of medicines
On the solvent powers of camphor
Medical cautions and remarks
On the medicinal uses of cod liver oil
On the nature, cause, and cure of the rabies canina
Miscellaneous facts and observations
Miscellaneous practical observations
An account of an earthquake
On the silk cotton of Sumatra
On the acid of tar
On the construction and polity of prisons
Remarks relative to the improvement of the Manchester Infirmary
Index.