A Practical Essay on Typhous Fever.

by Nathan Smith

A practical essay on typhous Nathan Gale, Sabin Americana Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition ++++ Huntington 18240101 Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to 88 p.; 22 cm

88 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2012

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, written in 1824, is remarkable for the amount of sense and prescience displayed by its author, a physician of much experience. His description of the course of the illness is clear. as is his discussion of what is known and thought, historically and at the time of his writing, about the disease and its origin He is polite, but very clear, about what "cures" and "treatments" he believes are actually useful in helping those ill and either recovering or dying from the terrible disease: moxibustion, or "blisters," probably won't further the illness, but it's unlikely to aid in healing, either, for example. Other medicaments are more likely to harm the patient. He covers the value also of emetics, "cathartics" (stimulants), bloodletting, laxatives, diaphoretics, use of mercury, opium, canchona (quina, "the Peruvian bark") and finally, his recommendations: cool air and cool water, topically, for lowering fever and hydration. This book is a wonderful print-on-demand from Sabin Americana Print Editions 1500-1926. Fantastic resource.