Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders

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Author

Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859

Title

Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician

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English

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R: Medicine

Subject

Medicine -- Anecdotes

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34038

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34038

Release Date

October 5, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FORTY YEARS — IN THE WILDERNESS — OF — PILLS AND POWDERS; — OR, THE
2. 2.COGITATIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF — AN AGED PHYSICIAN.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.TO THE READER.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS OF PILLS AND POWDERS.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — EDUCATIONAL TENDENCIES. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — MY FIRST MEDICAL LESSON.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — THE ELECTRICAL MACHINE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — THE MEASLES AND POURING DOWN RUM.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — LEE'S PILLS, AND THE DROPSY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — THE COLD SHOWER-BATH.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — MY FIRST SICKNESS ABROAD.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — LESSON FROM AN OLD SURGEON.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — LEE'S WINDHAM BILIOUS PILLS.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — DR. SOLOMON AND HIS PATIENT.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — PHYSICKING OFF FEVER.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — MANUFACTURING CHILBLAINS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — HOW TO MAKE ERYSIPELAS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — STUDYING MEDICINE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — NATURE'S OWN EYE WATER.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — THE VIPER STORY. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — STRUCK WITH DEATH. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — EFFICACY OF COLD SPRING WATER.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — CHEATING THE PHYSICIAN.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — THE MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF STORY TELLING.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — OSSIFIED VEINS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — HE'LL DIE IN THIRTY SIX HOURS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — ABOUT TO DIE OF CONSUMPTION.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — MY JOURNEYMANSHIP IN MEDICINE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — MY TEMPERANCE PLEDGE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — TRIALS OF A YOUNG PHYSICIAN.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — A DOSING AND DRUGGING FAMILY.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — POISONING WITH LEAD.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — STANDING PATIENTS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — KILLING A PATIENT.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — A SUDDEN CURE.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. — GIGANTIC DOSES OF MEDICINE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII — THE LAMBSKIN DISEASE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. — MILK PUNCH FEVER.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV. — MY FIRST CASE IN SURGERY. — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI. — EMILIA AND THE LOVE CURE.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII. — HEZEKIAH AND DELIRIUM TREMENS.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — MY FIRST AMPUTATION.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX. — MILK, AS A REMEDY IN FEVERS.
46. 46.CHAPTER XL. — THE VIRTUES OF PUMPKIN-SEED TEA.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLI. — BROKEN LIMBS AND INTEMPERANCE.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLII. — DYING FROM MERE FILTHINESS. — FOOTNOTES:
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII. — TAKING THE FEVER.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIV. — BLESSINGS OF CIDER AND CIDER BRANDY.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLV. — THE INDIAN DOCTOR.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVI. — DYING OF OLD AGE, AT FIFTY-EIGHT.
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVII. — DAUGHTERS DESTROYING THEIR MOTHER.
54. 54.CHAPTER XLVIII. — POISONING WITH STRAMONIUM.
55. 55.CHAPTER XLIX. — CURING CANCER.
56. 56.CHAPTER L. — SWELLED LIMBS.
57. 57.CHAPTER LI. — SUDDEN CHANGES IN OLD AGE. — FOOTNOTES:
58. 58.CHAPTER LII. — AN OPIUM EATER.
59. 59.CHAPTER LIII. — COFFEE, AND THE LAME KNEE.
60. 60.CHAPTER LIV. — THE OPIUM PILL BOX.
61. 61.CHAPTER LV. — BLEEDING AT THE LUNGS.
62. 62.CHAPTER LVI. — BUTTER EATERS. — FOOTNOTES:
63. 63.CHAPTER LVII. — HOT HOUSES AND CONSUMPTION.
64. 64.CHAPTER LVIII. — POISONING BY A PAINTED PAIL.
65. 65.CHAPTER LIX. — ONE DROP OF LAUDANUM.
66. 66.CHAPTER LX. — MRS. KIDDER'S CORDIAL.
67. 67.CHAPTER LXI. — ALMOST RAISING THE DEAD.
68. 68.CHAPTER LXII. — FEMALE HEALTH, AND INSANE HOSPITALS.
69. 69.CHAPTER LXIII. — A GIANT DYSPEPTIC.
70. 70.CHAPTER LXIV. — GETTING INTO A CIRCLE.
71. 71.CHAPTER LXV. — POISONING WITH MAPLE SUGAR.
72. 72.CHAPTER LXVI. — PHYSICKING OFF MEASLES.
73. 73.CHAPTER LXVII. — TIC DOULOUREUX.
74. 74.CHAPTER LXVIII. — COLD WATER IN FEVER.
75. 75.CHAPTER LXIX. — COLD-TAKING AND CONSUMPTION.
76. 76.CHAPTER LXX. — FREEZING OUT DISEASE.
77. 77.CHAPTER LXXI. — THE AIR-CURE.
78. 78.CHAPTER LXXII. — THE CLERGYMAN.
79. 79.CHAPTER LXXIII. — HE MUST BE PHYSICKED, OR DIE.
80. 80.CHAPTER LXXIV. — WHO HATH WOE? OR, THE SICK WIDOW. — FOOTNOTES:
81. 81.CHAPTER LXXV. — THE PENALTY OF SELF-INDULGENCE.
82. 82.CHAPTER LXXVI. — DR. BOLUS AND MORPHINE.
83. 83.CHAPTER LXXVII. — BLEEDING AND BLISTERING OMITTED.
84. 84.CHAPTER LXXVIII. — MEDICAL VIRTUES OF SLEEP.
85. 85.CHAPTER LXXIX. — CURE BY DEEP BREATHING.
86. 86.CHAPTER LXXX. — SPIRIT-DOCTORING.
87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXI. — REMARKABLE CURE OF EPILEPSY.
88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXII. — SCARLATINA CURED BY LETTING ALONE.
89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXIII. — IGNORANCE NOT ALWAYS BLISS.
90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXIV. — MEASLES WITHOUT SNAKEROOT AND SAFFRON.
91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXV. — THE CONSUMPTIVE PAIR.
92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXVI. — HOW TO CURE CHOLERA.
93. 93.CHAPTER LXXXVII. — OBSTINACY AND SUICIDE.
94. 94.CHAPTER LXXXVIII. — HEALTH HOSPITALS.
95. 95.CHAPTER LXXXIX. — DESTRUCTION BY SCROFULA.
96. 96.CHAPTER XC. — STARVING OUT DISEASE. — FOOTNOTES:
97. 97.CHAPTER XCI. — DIETING ON MINCE PIE.
98. 98.CHAPTER XCII. — GIANTS IN THE EARTH.
99. 99.CHAPTER XCIII. — THE GREEN MOUNTAIN PATIENT.
100. 100.CHAPTER XCIV. — CURE OF POISON FROM LEAD.
101. 101.CHAPTER XCV. — FAITH AND WORKS.
102. 102.CHAPTER XCVI. — WORKS WITHOUT FAITH.
103. 103.CHAPTER XCVII — DISEASES OF LICENTIOUSNESS.
104. 104.CHAPTER XCVIII. — CURIOUS AND INSTRUCTIVE FACTS.
105. 105.CHAPTER XCIX. — ANTI-MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
106. 106.CHAPTER C. — AN ANTI-MEDICAL PREMIUM.
107. 107.CHAPTER CI. — CONCLUDING REMARKS.
108. 108.CHAPTER CII. — A LAST CHAPTER. — FOOTNOTES:

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